John Carlos Frey: Sand & Blood: America's Stealth War on Mexico Border KPFA Radio 94.1 FM | indybay.org | 2019-06-15 St. John's Presbyterian Church | 2727 College Avenue | Berkeley, CA 94705... https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/13/18823942.php _________________________ India journalists decry 'escalating attacks' on press freedom aljazeera.com | 2019-06-15 Recent arrests appear to follow a pattern of attacks on press freedom since Modi's ascension to power, journalists say. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/india-journalists-decry-escalating-attacks-press-freedom-190615102209693.html _________________________ Israeli Soldiers Attack Palestinian Detainees In Asqalan IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-06-15 Israeli soldiers attacked, on Saturday at dawn, many Palestinian political prisoners in Asqalan Prison, and conducted very violent searches of their rooms and property. The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that the attack comes one day before the planned hunger strike in the prison due to the escalating Israeli ... https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-attack-palestinian-detainees-in-asqalan-2/ https://imemc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/soldierpolioceaswalanprison-300x248.jpg _________________________ Disruption in the world of trade C.P. Chandrasekhar | mronline.org | 2019-06-15 What is noteworthy is that the deceleration in import volume growth has been particularly marked in the emerging economies of Asia and Latin America, pointing to a loss of momentum in the countries that were expected to be new growth poles in the immediate aftermath of the 2007 crisis. | Source... https://mronline.org/2019/06/15/disruption-in-the-world-of-trade/ https://mronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/45624757125_538f1f737c_z.jpg _________________________ Chile Searches for Workers Trapped in a Mine plenglish.com | 2019-06-15 15 de junio de 2019, 00: 12Santiago de Chile, Jun 15 (Prensa Latina) Emergency personnel and firefighters have continued searching in hope of rescueing three Bolivian miners trapped in the San Jose mine in Tocopilla, northern Chile. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43291&SEO=chile-searches-for-workers-trapped-in-a-mine _________________________ JOHN CARLOS FREY: Sand & Blood: America's Stealth War on Mexico Border KPFA Radio 94.1 FM | indybay.org | 2019-06-14 St. John's Presbyterian Church | 2727 College Avenue | Berkeley, CA 94705... https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/13/18823942.php _________________________ Mexico's migration chief offers resignation to president aljazeera.com | 2019-06-14 Announcement comes as Mexico beefs up security along its southern border in effort to stem the flow of migrants north. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/mexico-migration-chief-offers-resignation-president-190614195212415.html _________________________ Confusion over Mexico's National Guard deployment to south border aljazeera.com | 2019-06-14 Days after deployment announced, no signs of forces at Mexico-Guatemala border; officials refuse to discuss deployment. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/mexico-official-national-guard-border-starting-june-30-190613153434335.html _________________________ Migrant Caravan: Hundreds using secret convoys aljazeera.com | 2019-06-14 Convoys of trucks which head out from a little guarded border point between Guatemala and Mexico are controlled by people smugglers. Migrants have paid thousands of dollars to get to the US border. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/migrant-caravan-hundreds-secret-convoys-190614124840127.html _________________________ Roaming Charges: In the Land of 10,000 Talkers, All With Broken Tongues Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-14 + This seems like a big deal to me, but then I don't get out much: The world's seed-bearing plants have been disappearing at a rate of nearly three species a year since 1900. + From 2001 to 2017, the Pentagon's emissions totaled 766 million metric tons, according to a new Brown University report. That... https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/06/14/roaming-charges-in-the-land-of-10000-talkers-all-with-broken-tongues/ https://www.counterpunch.org/wp-content/dropzone/2019/06/mexicanwolf4-510x340.jpg _________________________ Brazil Stages General Strike against Bolsonaro's Pension Reform plenglish.com | 2019-06-14 14 de junio de 2019, 08: 16Brasilia, Jun 14 (Prensa Latina) Workers from almost all sectors and students will join on Friday to carry out a general strike throughout Brazil, convened by unions against the pension reform and other setbacks of the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43254&SEO=brazil-stages-general-strike-against-bolsonaros-pension-reform _________________________ Brazil will Eventually Know the Truth, Lula Says about Moro plenglish.com | 2019-06-14 14 de junio de 2019, 09: 52Brasilia, Jun 14 (Prensa Latina) Ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that Brazil will eventually know the truth, in allusion to the publication of messages between former Judge Sergio Moro and prosecutors that cast doubts about the impartiality of those public officials. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43258&SEO=brazil-will-eventually-know-the-truth-lula-says-about-moro _________________________ Thousands of Copper Miners Striking in Chile plenglish.com | 2019-06-14 14 de junio de 2019, 00: 33Santiago de Chile, Jun 14 (Prensa Latina) About 3,200 workers of the giant Chuquicamata mine are on strike this Friday after ending talks with representatives of the National Copper Corporation (Codelco) without agreements. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43250&SEO=thousands-of-copper-miners-striking-in-chile _________________________ Lerś leads the Cuban Gymnastics Team to Pan American Games plenglish.com | 2019-06-14 14 de junio de 2019, 04: 10Havana, June 14 (Prensa Latina) In the absence of star Manrique Larduet, world runner-up, Randy Lerś leads the Cuban men"s team of artistic gymnastics to the 2019 Pan-American Games in Lima, national commissioner Pedro Pablo Barrios reported the eve. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43251&SEO=leru-leads-the-cuban-gymnastics-team-to-pan-american-games _________________________ Justice for Layleen Polanco: Community demands answers after trans black Latinx woman died at Rikers Amy Goodman | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-14 Layleen's death came at the beginning of Pride Month and just one day after the NYPD apologized for the first time for its raid a half-century ago on the Stonewall Inn, a gay- and trans-friendly bar in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. https://www.nationofchange.org/2019/06/14/justice-for-layleen-polanco-community-demands-answers-after-trans-black-latinx-woman-died-at-rikers/ _________________________ US Repeats Same Script against Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua plenglish.com | 2019-06-14 14 de junio de 2019, 09: 53New York, US, Jun 14 (Prensa Latina) The United States is repeating the same script against Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, as it tries to discredit those countries" social achievements and to punish them with sanctions that affect their economies and their peoples. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43259&SEO=us-repeats-same-script-against-cuba-venezuela-and-nicaragua _________________________ Saudi air defence intercepts five Houthi drones: SPA aljazeera.com | 2019-06-14 The drone attack comes days after a missile strike on Abha airport injured 26 amid escalating tension in the region. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/saudi-air-defence-intercepts-houthi-drones-spa-190614014906736.html _________________________ Qatar to Offer Preview of World Cup Preparations at America Cup plenglish.com | 2019-06-14 Doha, 12 Jun (Prensa Latina) With the aim of showing the country"s preparations for the upcoming FIFA World Cup, Qatar will open the public exhibition "Way to the 2022 World Soccer Cup" on June 14 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43176&SEO=qatar-to-offer-preview-of-world-cup-preparations-at-america-cup _________________________ Facing Serious Charges, Judge Sets 'Long Timetable' For Assange To Prepare Defense Against Extradition Kevin Gosztola | shadowproof.com | 2019-06-14 In the United States government's extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, his attorneys agreed to a "long timetable" so he may prepare his defense against "incredibly serious charges, which impact upon typical newsgathering activities." | Judge Emma Arbuthnot set a five-day hearing over the extradition request that will take place in late February 2020. One of the first major filings in the case will come from the U.S. government in July. | Assange faces 17 counts of allegedly violating the Espionage Act for publishing classified information from Chelsea Manning and one conspiracy to commit com... https://shadowproof.com/2019/06/14/facing-serious-charges-judge-sets-long-timetable-for-assange-to-prepare-defense-against-extradition/ _________________________ Ola Bini Was Friends with Julian Assange. He Has Spent Two Months in Jail Without Charge in Ecuador Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-14 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared before a magistrates' court in London Friday, saying his life was "effectively at stake" if the U.K. honors an extradition request from the United States, where he faces 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act. Meanwhile, a friend of Assange's, Swedish programmer and data privacy activist Ola Bini, is still in prison in Ecuador, after being arrested April 11, the same day Assange was forcibly taken by British authorities from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, and has been jailed ever since without charges. We speak with Vijay Prashad, director of Tricontinental: Institut... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/6/14/ola_bini_ecuador_arrest_wikileaks_assange https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/36/47936/w320/SEG2-Ola-Ecuador-Prison-Split-2.jpg _________________________ Timing of Gulf of Oman Attacks: Washington Aimed to Kill Historic Iran-Japan Talks in Tehran, Oil Tankers en Route to Japan Ben Norton | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-14 Hell-bent on isolating and suffocating Iran, the Trump administration derailed Japan's historic talks by accusing Tehran without any evidence whatsoever of attacking oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. | *** | Since entering office, the Donald Trump administration has been itching ... https://www.globalresearch.ca/timing-of-gulf-of-oman-attacks-washington-aimed-to-kill-historic-iran-japan-talks-in-tehran-oil-tankers-en-route-to-japan/5680598 _________________________ Trump admin aims to kill historic talks and strangle Iran with evidence-free accusations Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-06-14 Hell-bent on isolating and suffocating Iran, the Trump administration derailed Japan's historic talks by accusing Tehran without any evidence whatsoever... https://thegrayzone.com/2019/06/13/iran-gulf-of-oman-attacks-japan-talks/ _________________________ Bini, Friend of Assange, Spent Two Months in Jail Without Charge in Ecuador Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-14 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared before a magistrates' court in London Friday, saying his life was "effectively at stake" if the U.K. honors an extradition request from the United States, where he faces 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act. Meanwhile, a friend of Assange, Swedish programmer and data privacy activist Ola Bini, is still in prison in Ecuador, after being arrested April 11, the same day Assange was forcibly taken by British authorities from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, and has been jailed ever since without charges. We speak with Vijay Prashad, director of Tricontinental: Institu... https://truthout.org/video/bini-friend-of-assange-spent-two-months-in-jail-without-charge-in-ecuador/ _________________________ Mexico City's LGBT-Inclusive School Uniforms Policy Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2019-06-13 Participants march during a Gay Pride Parade in Mexico City, June 27, 2015. | 2015 Reuters/Edgard Garrido | Mexico City's Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum announced on June 3 that children in Mexico City would be allowed to choose the uniform they wear to school. The policy applies to pre-schools, elementary schools, and secondary schools. | Shei... https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/06/13/mexico-citys-lgbt-inclusive-school-uniforms-policy https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/styles/294w/public/multimedia_images_2019/201506lgbt_mexico_lgbtrights.jpg _________________________ US Should Focus on Rights Concerns in Tariffs Deal with Mexico Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2019-06-13 Migrant families cross the Rio Grande to get across the border into the United States, to turn themselves in to authorities and ask for asylum, next to the Paso del Norte international bridge, near El Paso, Texas, Friday, May 31, 2019. © 2019 Christian Torrez/AP Photo | The US Congress should urgently turn its attention to the impact of a new agreement between Mexico and the Trump administration aimed at reducing the number of migrants coming to the United States' southern border. | The deal, struck after President... https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/06/13/us-should-focus-rights-concerns-tariffs-deal-mexico https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/styles/294w/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906us_mexico_tariffdeal.jpg _________________________ Mexico official: National Guard won't go to border until June 30 aljazeera.com | 2019-06-13 Confusion over National Guard deployment to southern border after foreign minister said it had started this week. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/mexico-official-national-guard-border-starting-june-30-190613153434335.html _________________________ Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' threatens to reach the size of Massachusetts Ruth Milka | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-13 The infamous Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' could swell this summer to a record 7,829 square miles, or roughly the size of the state of Massachusetts. | The hypoxic zone -- or dead zone, an area of little or no oxygen that seriously threatens marine life -- threatens to become the second largest in history. The previous record size was 8,776 square miles in 2017. | The Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone occurs every year. According to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, it is caused by "excess nutrient pollution from human activities, such as urbanization and agriculture, occurring throughout the Mis... https://www.nationofchange.org/2019/06/13/gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone-threatens-to-reach-the-size-of-massachusetts/ _________________________ Deal or no deal: Making sense of Trump's Mexican trade battle CGTN America | cgtn.com | 2019-06-13 Today's episode of The Heat Podcast breaks down U.S. - Mexican trade negotiations and the role U.S. foreign policy and military intervention has played in Latin American migration. https://america.cgtn.com/2019/06/13/deal-or-no-deal-making-sense-of-trumps-mexican-trade-battle _________________________ No More Deaths: Mistrial Declared After Jury Refuses to Convict Scott Warren for Aiding Migrants Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-13 In Tucson, Arizona, a jury has refused to convict humanitarian activist Scott Warren, who faced up to 20 years in prison for providing water, food, clean clothes and beds to two undocumented migrants crossing the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona. Warren's trial ended Tuesday in a mistrial after a deadlocked jury was unable to deliver a verdict. Eight jurors thought Warren was not guilty; four thought he was guilty. A status hearing is scheduled for July 2. Prosecutors have declined to comment on whether they would seek a retrial against Warren. We speak with Ryan Devereaux, a staff reporter at The Intercept who... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/6/13/no_more_deaths_mistrial_declared_after https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/15/47915/w320/SEG2-Warren-1.jpg _________________________ Mistrial in case against "No More Deaths" volunteer charged with aiding immigrants wsws.org | 2019-06-13 Scott Warren was arrested for providing food, water and shelter to two undocumented immigrants. http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/13/warr-j13.html _________________________ California Defies Trump Policies by Giving Medicaid to Some Undocumented Young Adults Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-13 California's act to cover healthcare for undocumented people sets up national debate on the politics of immigration and healthcare... https://therealnews.com/stories/california-defies-trump-policies-by-giving-medicaid-to-some-undocumented-young-adults https://therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DLY061119_lighty_medicaid-150x150.jpg _________________________ No More Deaths: Mistrial Declared After Jury Refuses to Convict Scott Warren for Aiding Migrants MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-06-13 In Tucson, Arizona, a jury has refused to convict humanitarian activist Scott Warren, who faced up to 20 years in prison for providing water, food, clean clothes and beds to two undocumented migrants crossing the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona. Warren's trial ended Tuesday in a mistrial after a deadlocked jury was unable to deliver a verdict. Eight jurors thought Warren was not guilty; four thought he was guilty. A status hearing is scheduled for July 2. Prosecutors have declined to comment on whether they would seek a retrial against Warren. We speak with Ryan Devereaux, a staff reporter at The Intercept who... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/6/13/no_more_deaths_mistrial_declared_after https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/15/47915/w320/SEG2-Warren-1.jpg _________________________ Bipartisan Group Issues Statement On Passage Of Green Light NY Bill By NYS Assembly Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-13 New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie supported the Green Light NY bill... | FWD.us New York State Immigration Manager Eddie A. Taveras issued the following statement yesterday in response to the State Assembly's passage of the Driver's License Access and Privacy Act, or "Green Light NY" bill, which would allow an estimated 265,000 undocumented New Yorkers to apply for a driver's license. | "Creating a process for hardworking New Yorkers to earn a driver's license is a critical step forward in protecting New York's immigrant communities," said Taveras. "We thank Assemblyman Marcos Crespo for sponsoring this leg... http://www.blackstarnews.com/ny-watch/politics/bipartisan-group-issues-statement-on-passage-of-green-light-ny-bill http://www.blackstarnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/news-detail-page/public/field/image/heastie_0.jpg _________________________ Mistrial Declared After Jury Refuses to Convict Scott Warren for Aiding Migrants Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-13 In Tucson, Arizona, a jury has refused to convict humanitarian activist Scott Warren, who faced up to 20 years in prison for providing water, food, clean clothes and beds to two undocumented migrants crossing the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona. Warren's trial ended Tuesday in a mistrial after a deadlocked jury was unable to deliver a verdict. Eight jurors thought Warren was not guilty; four thought he was guilty. A status hearing is scheduled for July 2. Prosecutors have declined to comment on whether they would seek a retrial against Warren. We speak with Ryan Devereaux, a staff reporter at The Intercept... https://truthout.org/video/mistrial-declared-after-jury-refuses-to-convict-scott-warren-for-aiding-migrants/ _________________________ Trump Dismisses Dialogue with Iran in Current Context plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 Washington, June 13 (Prensa Latina) US President Donald Trump said today it is too early to dialogue with Iran, amid the current context of growing tensions between the two countries. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43241&SEO=trump-dismisses-dialogue-with-iran-in-current-context _________________________ Venezuela Incorporates New Banknotes into its Monetary Cone plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 12 de junio de 2019, 17: 06Caracas, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) The Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) announced on Wednesday the inclusion of three new banknotes in the current monetary cone on June 13. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43185&SEO=venezuela-incorporates-new-banknotes-into-its-monetary-cone _________________________ Venezuela, Italy Ratify Interest in Expanding Cooperation plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 Caracas, June 13 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza and Italian Ambassador in Caracas, Placido Vigo, ratified the common interest in broadening cooperation ties between the two nations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported Thursday. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43226&SEO=venezuela-italy-ratify-interest-in-expanding-cooperation _________________________ Venezuela To Broaden Communications in Remote Areas with Fiber Optics plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 Caracas, Jun 13 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) is studying on Thursday the connection of remote locations with fiber optics to broaden the service to over 15 million users. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43224&SEO=venezuela-to-broaden-communications-in-remote-areas-with-fiber-optics _________________________ Community Demands Answers After Trans Black Latinx Woman Died at Rikers Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-13 Outrage is mounting over the death of Layleen Polanco, a transgender Afro-Latinx woman who was found dead in a cell at Rikers Island on Friday. Polanco was arrested on misdemeanor charges and jailed on Rikers in April when she was unable to post $500 bail. Nearly two months later, she was dead. Her family, friends and transgender rights activists are now demanding answers for the conditions that led to the 27-year-old's death. The city says the cause of death has not yet been determined. Polanco was held in a unit for transgender women while jailed at Rikers, but a week before her death she was transferred to... https://truthout.org/video/community-demands-answers-after-trans-black-latinx-woman-died-at-rikers/ _________________________ Iranian Rescuers Evacuate Tankers at Oman Sea plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 Tehran, Jun 13 ( Prensa Latina) Iranian aid workers have helped Thursday the crews of two oil tankers damaged by explosions while sailing the Oman Sea. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43207&SEO=iranian-rescuers-evacuate-tankers-at-oman-sea _________________________ Chilean President Reshuffles Cabinet plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 13 de junio de 2019, 16: 58Santiago de Chile, June 13 (Prensa Latina) Amid a too complicated economic and social situation, President Sebasti‡n Pi–era has made this Thursday the second cabinet change since the beginning of the current administration in March 2018. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43242&SEO=chilean-president-reshuffles-cabinet _________________________ Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Involved in Lava Jato Leaks plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 Brasilia, Jun 13 (Prensa Latina) Days after revealing illegal conversations between ex-judge Sergio Moro and anti-corruption operation Lava Jato prosecutors, The Intercept website has posted other messages that compromised on Thursday the Vice President of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Luiz Fux. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43222&SEO=brazilian-supreme-court-judge-involved-in-lava-jato-leaks _________________________ Determining Day for Stopping or Continuing Chilean Teachers Strike plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 Santiago de Chile, Jun 13 (Prensa Latina) A new meeting on Thursday between leaders of the Chilean Teachers Association and the Ministry of Education will be crucial for about 70,000 Chilean teachers to go back to classrooms or hold one more national stoppage week. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43202&SEO=determining-day-for-stopping-or-continuing-chilean-teachers-strike _________________________ Diaz-Canel Continues Government Visit to Provinces plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 Havana, June 13 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has continued on Thursday his visit to the eastern province of Camaguey, where he checks with the Council of Ministers the work done by economic and social entities. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43219&SEO=diaz-canel-continues-government-visit-to-provinces _________________________ SA Presidency Confirms Receipt of Subpoena from Public Protector plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 dePretoria, Jun 13 (Prensa Latina) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was informed of an investigation into his alleged violations of the Executive"s Code of Ethics and requested an extension to answer the Public Protectorate"s questions. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43196&SEO=sa-presidency-confirms-receipt-of-subpoena-from-public-protector _________________________ Influenza Epidemic Continues in Chile, Vaccines Are Scarce plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 Santiago de Chile, Jun 13 (Prensa Latina) Amid an influenza epidemic that has so far killed 20 people in Chile, health authorities are seeking to adopt emergency measures to face the lack of vaccines in the country. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43215&SEO=influenza-epidemic-continues-in-chile-vaccines-are-scarce _________________________ Venezuela Incorporates New Banknotes into its Monetary Cone plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 Caracas, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) The Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) announced on Wednesday the inclusion of three new banknotes in the current monetary cone on June 13. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43185&SEO=venezuela-incorporates-new-banknotes-into-its-monetary-cone _________________________ Plenty of Congratulatory Messages to Prensa Latina in 60 Anniversary plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 Havana, June 13 (Prensa Latina) Prensa Latina news agency has received on Thursday plenty of congratulatory messages from different latitudes for being a 60-year news example in the fight against misinformation. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43225&SEO=plenty-of-congratulatory-messages-to-prensa-latina-in-60-anniversary _________________________ Watchdog urges sacking of Trump aide Kellyanne Conway over repeated legal violations The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-13 A US federal watchdog agency is recommending that White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway be fired for repeatedly violating a law that limits certain political activities of federal employees. | The US Office of Special Counsel said Conway has become a "repeat offender" of the Hatch Act by disparaging Democratic presidential candidates while speaking in her official capacity during television interviews and on social media. | A White House spokesman calls the Office of Special Counsel's actions "deeply flawed". | The office is unrelated to special counsel Robert Mueller's office. | Career government officials fou... https://www.thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2019/06/13/watchdog-urges-sacking-of-trump-aide-kellyanne-conway-over-repeated-legal-violations/ _________________________ Fake News Focus News Agencies Congress (+Photos) plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 FotosPLSofia, Jun 13 (Prensa Latina) The so-called Fake News focus on Thursday the 6th News Agencies World Congress (NAWC), opened by Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, in the presence of more than 90 media outlets from about 80 countries. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43197&SEO=fake-news-focus-news-agencies-congress-photos _________________________ US Coalition Demands the End of Sanctions against Cuba plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 Washington, June 13 (Prensa Latina) In Washington, Metro DC Coalition in Solidarity with Cuban Revolution demanded on Thursday the end of all US sanctions against Cuba, including the new travel restrictions imposed last week. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43220&SEO=us-coalition-demands-the-end-of-sanctions-against-cuba _________________________ "Pose" Star Indya Moore Demands Justice for Killed Trans Women: "We Are All Worthy of Safety" Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-13 Transgender actor and model Indya Moore addressed a crowd of protesters gathered in New York City's Foley Square Monday to demand justice for Layleen Polanco, a transgender Afro-Latinx woman who was found dead in a cell at Rikers Island on Friday. Polanco was arrested on misdemeanor charges and jailed on Rikers in April when she was unable to post $500 bail. Nearly two months later, she was dead. "We are worthy of legal aid, liberty, justice, resources. And we are worthy of life. We are worthy of love," Moore told the crowd. "If the sight of us using our bodies, our voices and our defiance to protest this oppress... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/6/13/pose_star_indya_moore_demands_justice https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/14/47914/w320/SEG4-Indya-2.jpg _________________________ Justice for Layleen Polanco: Community Demands Answers After Trans Black Latinx Woman Died at Rikers MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-06-13 Outrage is mounting over the death of Layleen Polanco, a transgender Afro-Latinx woman who was found dead in a cell at Rikers Island on Friday. Polanco was arrested on misdemeanor charges and jailed on Rikers in April when she was unable to post $500 bail. Nearly two months later, she was dead. Her family, friends and transgender rights activists are now demanding answers for the conditions that led to the 27-year-old's death. The city says the cause of death has not yet been determined. Polanco was held in a unit for transgender women while jailed at Rikers, but a week before her death she was transferred to so-... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/6/13/justice_for_layleen_polanco_community_demands https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/12/47912/w320/S3_Layleen-Polanco.jpg _________________________ Iranian President Blames U.S. for Middle East Tensions plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 Tehran, Jun 13 (Prensa Latina) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani this Thursday blamed the United States for causing all the tensions in the Middle East with its economic war against the Islamic Republic. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43192&SEO=iranian-president-blames-u.s.-for-middle-east-tensions _________________________ "Pose" Star Indya Moore Demands Justice for Killed Trans Women: "We Are All Worthy of Safety" MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-06-13 Transgender actor and model Indya Moore addressed a crowd of protesters gathered in New York City's Foley Square Monday to demand justice for Layleen Polanco, a transgender Afro-Latinx woman who was found dead in a cell at Rikers Island on Friday. Polanco was arrested on misdemeanor charges and jailed on Rikers in April when she was unable to post $500 bail. Nearly two months later, she was dead. "We are worthy of legal aid, liberty, justice, resources. And we are worthy of life. We are worthy of love," Moore told the crowd. "If the sight of us using our bodies, our voices and our defiance to protest this oppress... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/6/13/pose_star_indya_moore_demands_justice https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/14/47914/w320/SEG4-Indya-2.jpg _________________________ Evo Morales Guarantees Support for Indigenous Fund Projects plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 La Paz, June 13 (Prensa Latina) Boliviaĺ ´s President, Evo Morales, guaranteed on Thursday 380 million Bolivian pesos (just over 50 million dollars) for 249 projects of the Indigenous Development Fund in this department. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43228&SEO=evo-morales-guarantees-support-for-indigenous-fund-projects _________________________ Pope Francis Denounces New Forms of Slavery plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 Vatican City, June 13 (Prensa Latina) Pope Francis has spoken out on Thursday against new forms of bondage that enslave millions of men, women, youth and children. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43208&SEO=pope-francis-denounces-new-forms-of-slavery _________________________ Cuba Prepares New Electoral Law plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 Havana, June 13 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is preparing a new Electoral Law in accordance with the Constitution passed in December 2018 and endorsed by citizensĺ ´ vote in February. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43223&SEO=cuba-prepares-new-electoral-law _________________________ Justice for Layleen Polanco: Community Demands Answers After Trans Black Latinx Woman Died at Rikers Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-13 Outrage is mounting over the death of Layleen Polanco, a transgender Afro-Latinx woman who was found dead in a cell at Rikers Island on Friday. Polanco was arrested on misdemeanor charges and jailed on Rikers in April when she was unable to post $500 bail. Nearly two months later, she was dead. Her family, friends and transgender rights activists are now demanding answers for the conditions that led to the 27-year-old's death. The city says the cause of death has not yet been determined. Polanco was held in a unit for transgender women while jailed at Rikers, but a week before her death she was transferred to so-... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/6/13/justice_for_layleen_polanco_community_demands https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/12/47912/w320/S3_Layleen-Polanco.jpg _________________________ Targeted by the Inquisition -- RAI with Matthew Fox (5/8) Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-13 Cardinal Ratzinger, who later became Pope Benedict, launched a campaign in defense of murderous dictatorships in Latin America and to purge the Church of liberation theology and priests like Matthew Fox -- on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay... https://therealnews.com/stories/targeted-by-the-inquisition-rai-with-matthew-fox-5-8 https://therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/RAI082218_fox_5-150x150.jpg _________________________ Colombian Senator Rejects Rude Imperial Policy Toward Cuba plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 Bogota, Jun 13 (Prensa Latina) The policy of the US government of Donald Trump with Cuba is marked by rude interventionism and contempt for international law, denounced Colombian Senator Ivan Cepeda on Thursday in this capital. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43237&SEO=colombian-senator-rejects-rude-imperial-policy-toward-cuba _________________________ High Suicide Rate within the Colombian Army plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 Bogot‡, Jun 13 (Prensa Latina) The greatest cause of death within the Colombian Army in recent years has not been fighting in combat, but suicide, the Senator and former presidential Candidate Gustavo Petro warned the eve. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43191&SEO=high-suicide-rate-within-the-colombian-army _________________________ Tankers Struck in Strait of Hormuz; U.S. Blames Iran Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-13 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--The U.S. blamed Iran for suspected attacks on two oil tankers Thursday near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, denouncing what it called a campaign of "escalating tensions" in a region crucial to global energy supplies. | The U.S. Navy rushed to assist the stricken vessels in the Gulf of Oman off the coast of Iran, including one that was set ablaze. The ships' operators offered no immediate explanation on who or what caused the damage against the Norwegian-owned MT Front Altair and the Japan... https://www.truthdig.com/articles/tankers-struck-in-strait-of-hormuz-u-s-blames-iran/ https://www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/15322019622_ab0477a53c_k.jpg _________________________ Trump Requests Hacked Dirt on 2020 Democrats From Foreign Regimes in Free Ad Aired on Disney's ABC News Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2019-06-13 He has already committed obstruction of justice a dozen times or so, which is much more serious than speculating what he might do in a hypothetical situation. (Photo: Screenshot) | https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screenshot_0.jpeg... https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/06/13/trump-requests-hacked-dirt-2020-democrats-foreign-regimes-free-ad-aired-disneys-abc?cd-origin=rss _________________________ US holds Iran 'responsible' for reported Gulf attacks on tankers aljazeera.com | 2019-06-13 Mike Pompeo says incidents in Gulf of Oman are part of campaign of 'escalating tension' by Iran, but offers no evidence. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/holds-iran-responsible-reported-gulf-attacks-tankers-190613183053625.html _________________________ What's behind Mali massacre and how to stop escalating violence aljazeera.com | 2019-06-13 Ethnic tensions threaten to further destabilise Mali, analysts say, calling for dialogue and accountability for victims. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/mali-massacre-escalating-violence-190613133110169.html _________________________ Israeli Aviation Bombs Gaza Strip plenglish.com | 2019-06-13 Ramallah, Jun 13 ( Prensa Latina) Israeli warplanes have bombed agricultural areas in the north and south of the blocked Gaza Strip causing damage, but no human injuries, local authorities said. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43203&SEO=israeli-aviation-bombs-gaza-strip _________________________ U.S. drags Mexican gov't into war on migrants Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2019-06-12 President Donald Trump announced May 30 the imposition of tariffs on all Mexican imports, effective June 10, if Mexico did not agree to take strong measures against refugees seeking asylum in the U.S. Then on June 7, he suspended the tariffs, but only after Mexican President AndrŽs Manuel L—pez Obrador . . . | Continue reading U.S. drags Mexican gov't into war on migrants at Workers.org... https://www.workers.org/2019/06/11/u-s-drags-mexican-govt-into-war-on-migrants/ https://www.workers.org/wp-content/uploads/tariffs-678x376.jpg _________________________ Mexico Accuses New Herrera Collection of Cultural Appropriation telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-12 Carolina Herrera's 2020 cruise collection is being accused of cultural appropriation by the Mexican government. | RELATED: | Gucci Slammed for Featuring White Models with Sikh Turbans | Laced with tantalizing descriptions and allegedly inspired by "a sunrise in Tulum, the light of Lima, a walk through the city of Mexico (...) or the colors of Cartagena," Mexican officials insist Latin America did more than just "inspire" Herrera's designs. | In a letter to designer Herrera and cr... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Accuses-Herrera-of-Appropriating-Indigenous-Designs-for-New-Collection-20190612-0026.html _________________________ Chilean Drinking Water Contains Polluting Substances plenglish.com | 2019-06-12 12 de junio de 2019, 03: 00Santiago, Chile, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) "Ghost" pollutants were found in drinking water in several northern Chilean cities, according to researchers from the Biotechnology and Microbiology Laboratory of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering at the Catholic University (UC). http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43132&SEO=chilean-drinking-water-contains-polluting-substances _________________________ FARC Rejects Colombian President's Statements about Santrich plenglish.com | 2019-06-12 12 de junio de 2019, 09: 24Bogota, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) The FARC party has strongly rejected Colombian President Ivan Duque"s discourse about former Commander Jesus Santrich because "it prejudges and verges on insult". http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43141&SEO=farc-rejects-colombian-presidents-statements-about-santrich _________________________ Venezuela Strengthens Exchange Mechanisms with West Africa plenglish.com | 2019-06-12 12 de junio de 2019, 10: 14Caracas, June 12 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan government is strengthening its exchange mechanisms with West Africa with the tour of Aristobulo Isturiz, Venezuelan Vice President for Social and Territorial Development. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43148&SEO=venezuela-strengthens-exchange-mechanisms-with-west-africa _________________________ Supreme Court Postpones Analysis of Lula's Freedom Request plenglish.com | 2019-06-12 12 de junio de 2019, 10: 07Brasilia, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) The Federal Supreme Court (STF) of Brazil has postponed until June 25 the analysis of the request for freedom of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is currently serving 431 days in prison for alleged acts of corruption. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43145&SEO=supreme-court-postpones-analysis-of-lulas-freedom-request _________________________ US: Police Remove 'Haunting' Artwork of Caged Migrant Children telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-12 New York police are disassembling a collection of 24 pop-up art installations meant to bring awareness to the treatment of migrants in United States0 immigration detainment centers. | RELATED: | US State Sues Trump for Violating 'Safe Release' Migrant Policy | Wire cages containing life-size models of children wrapped in silver blankets dotted New York city streets Wednesday as recordings of sound of wailing echoed from the cage. Measuring 5 feet by 3 feet, the mannequin childre... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/US-Police-Remove-Haunting-Artwork-of-Caged-Migrant-Children-20190612-0019.html _________________________ Marine Life at Risk If Mexican Gulf 'Dead Zone' Might Expand telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-11 A near record-sized "dead zone" of oxygen-starved water could form and expand in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, threatening its huge stocks of marine life, researchers warned on Monday. | RELATED: | Mexican Defender of Howler Monkey Sanctuary KIlled | The area could spread to about 20,577 square kilometers, scientists at Louisiana State University said, or about 2,900 football fields, and larger than the five-year average of 14,944 square km. | "A major... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Marine-Life-at-Risk-If-Mexican-Gulf-Dead-Zone-Might-Expand-20190611-0027.html _________________________ US State Sues Trump for Violating 'Safe Release' Migrant Policy telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-11 New Mexico is suing the administration of United States President Donald Trump for violating the its 'safe release' policy for migrants, state officials said in a statement Monday. | RELATED: | US: 24 Migrants Have Died in ICE Custody Under Trump | The first of its kind, the southwestern state is calling for the U.S. to take more responsibility for migrants admitted into the country, rather than abandoning them in the border cities and states after processing paperwork. | Originally, mi... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/US-State-Sues-Trump-for-Violating-Safe-Release-Migrant-Policy-20190611-0030.html _________________________ U.S. activist faces federal charges for providing aid to migrants Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-06-11 Scott Warren was arrested in 2018 for allegedly having "harbored" two fatally weakened undocumented migrants in a facility run by No More Deaths | Source... https://mronline.org/2019/06/11/u-s-activist-faces-federal-charges-for-providing-aid-to-migrants/ https://mronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Protest-outside-Scott-Warrens-trial.-Photo-Facebook.jpg _________________________ Prensa Latina is a Special Marker, says Indian Professor plenglish.com | 2019-06-11 New Delhi, Jun 11 (Prensa Latina) The role of Prensa Latina news agency in defense of the Cuban Revolution was highlighted by Indian professor Sonya Surabhi Gupta, from the chair of Latin American Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia University. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43076&SEO=prensa-latina-is-a-special-marker-says-indian-professor _________________________ Army Demolishes A Residential Building In Hebron IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-06-11 Israeli soldiers demolished, Tuesday, a residential building in Jabal Johar neighborhood, southeast of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported. WAFA said dozens of soldiers invaded the area after surrounding and isolating it, and demolished an under-construction four-story residential building, and ... https://imemc.org/article/army-demolishes-a-residential-building-in-hebron/ https://imemc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/demolishedhebronbuilding-300x204.jpg _________________________ Quebrantos: Art tribute to Colombia's murdered community leaders aljazeera.com | 2019-06-11 One of the most influential Latin American artists has created a major installation mourning murdered community leaders. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/quebrantos-art-tribute-colombias-murdered-community-leaders-190611102813997.html _________________________ 'It's bad for business:' CEOs speak out against attacks on reproductive rights, abortion bans Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-11 "As anti-choice politicians are escalating attacks on these fundamental freedoms we encourage the entire business community to join us in protecting access to reproductive healthcare in the critical months and years to come." https://www.nationofchange.org/2019/06/11/its-bad-for-business-ceos-speak-out-against-attacks-on-reproductive-rights-abortion-bans/ _________________________ Tourism Business Event to Gather 47 Nations in Venezuela plenglish.com | 2019-06-11 Caracas, June 11 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan Minister of Tourism, Stella Lugo, announced the eve that forthcoming international business roundtable will gather entrepreneurs and investors from 47 countries to eye up this activity expansion. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43075&SEO=tourism-business-event-to-gather-47-nations-in-venezuela _________________________ Right-Wing Sting Group Project Veritas Is Breaking Facebook's "Authentic Behavior" Rule. Now What? Sam Biddle | theintercept.com | 2019-06-11 Sworn testimony by a Project Veritas operative shows the group is violating Facebook rules designed to curb troll farms, a key expert says. https://theintercept.com/2019/06/11/facebook-rules-project-veritas/ _________________________ Over 10 Films To Compete in 15th Venezuelan Film Festival telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-11 The 15th edition of Venezuela's most prominent film festival, the Merida Festival of Venezuelan Cinema will be held from June 14 to 20, where national cinematographic productions will be showcased and celebrated. | RELATED: | 4 Latin American Films Receive Awards at Cannes Film Festival | This year the festival won't take place in Merida as it usually does, but in the capital city of Caracas instead. | A total of 120 seats will be available for 6 days during which 13 Venezuela... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Over-10-Films-To-Compete-in-15th-Venezuelan-Film-Festival-20190611-0012.html _________________________ US Plans against Venezuela Fail, Cuba's President Asserts plenglish.com | 2019-06-11 Havana, Jun 11 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel has asserted that the US Government has failed in its plans against the Venezuelan revolution. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43073&SEO=us-plans-against-venezuela-fail-cubas-president-asserts _________________________ Here's Why the US Has No Right to Interfere in Nicaragua John Perry | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-11 It's been almost 200 years since the US declared that it would allow no more European colonies in the western hemisphere. A 100 years later this was twisted into a declaration that Latin America is exclusively the US's sphere of ... https://www.globalresearch.ca/heres-why-us-has-no-right-interfere-nicaragua/5680314 _________________________ Reinsertion Plan Benefits 1.6 Million Venezuelan Youths plenglish.com | 2019-06-11 Caracas, Jun 11 (Prensa Latina) More than 1.657 million Venezuelan youths have registered in the Youth Employment Great Mission (Gran Mision Chamba Juvenil), a government program to reincorporate young people into educational and labor projects, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43079&SEO=reinsertion-plan-benefits-1.6-million-venezuelan-youths _________________________ Japanese PM to to Iran for Key Talks plenglish.com | 2019-06-11 Tokyo, Jun 11 (Prensa Latina) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold talks with Iran's political and religious leaders during his visit to Tehran this week in an effort to ease tensions with the United States, the Japanese government reported on Tuesday. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43078&SEO=japanese-pm-to-to-iran-for-key-talks _________________________ The human cost of Mexico-US migration agreement aljazeera.com | 2019-06-10 Mexico agreed to introduce new measures to stop Central American migrants from reaching the US. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/human-cost-mexico-us-migration-agreement-190610054041356.html _________________________ Trump renews Mexico tariff threat amid row over migration deal aljazeera.com | 2019-06-10 Days after Trump announced a deal with Mexico, the two countries appear unable to agree on exactly what's in it. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/trump-renews-mexico-tariff-threat-row-migration-deal-190610212227154.html _________________________ Tariff Temper Tantrum: Trump "Created a Fake Crisis & Has Announced a Fake Solution" with Mexico MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-06-10 Facing an escalating showdown with Mexico and an insurrection from his own party, President Trump said Friday the United States had reached a deal with Mexico to avert a 5% tariff on all imported Mexican goods that was due to take effect today and increase to 25% by October. Trump's announcement came after three days of Mexico-U.S. negotiations in Washington. Officials said it was based around Mexico's commitment to deploy National Guard forces throughout the country, in particular to its southern border, in order to stem the flow of northbound migrants headed toward the US. Under the deal, they said Mexico also... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/6/10/tariff_temper_tantrum_trump_created_a https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/56/47856/w320/SEG1-AMLO-Trump.jpg _________________________ Tariff Temper Tantrum: Trump "Created a Fake Crisis & Has Announced a Fake Solution" with Mexico Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-10 Facing an escalating showdown with Mexico and an insurrection from his own party, President Trump said Friday the United States had reached a deal with Mexico to avert a 5% tariff on all imported Mexican goods that was due to take effect today and increase to 25% by October. Trump's announcement came after three days of Mexico-U.S. negotiations in Washington. Officials said it was based around Mexico's commitment to deploy National Guard forces throughout the country, in particular to its southern border, in order to stem the flow of northbound migrants headed toward the US. Under the deal, they said Mexico also... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/6/10/tariff_temper_tantrum_trump_created_a https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/56/47856/w320/SEG1-AMLO-Trump.jpg _________________________ Guatemala's Elections: Big Challenges Await Next President telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-10 Guatemala will hold a presidential election next Sunday while the country is facing many difficulties including widespread corruption and an unpopular president have set the stag for an election characterized by a huge number of mostly unknown presidential candidates. | RELATED: | Mexico May Send Troops to Guatemalan Border to Avoid US Tariffs | With around 18 presidential aspirants participating in the race, many Guatemalans are undecided, and a lot of them do not know the p... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Guatemalas-Elections-Big-Challenges-Await-Next-President-20190610-0008.html _________________________ Trump "Created a Fake Crisis and Has Announced a Fake Solution" With Mexico Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-10 Facing an escalating showdown with Mexico and an insurrection from his own party, President Trump said Friday the United States had reached a deal with Mexico to avert a 5 percent tariff on all imported Mexican goods that was due to take effect today and increase to 25 percent by October. Trump's announcement came after three days of Mexico-U.S. negotiations in Washington. Officials said it was based around Mexico's commitment to deploy National Guard forces throughout the country, in particular to its southern border, in order to stem the flow of northbound migrants headed toward the U.S. Under the deal, they... https://truthout.org/video/trump-created-a-fake-crisis-and-has-announced-a-fake-solution-with-mexico/ _________________________ Trump's Mexico Tariff Deal Is Fake News. Mexico Has Been Enforcing U.S. Immigration Policy For Years Julio Ricardo Varela | commondreams.org | 2019-06-10 President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan on March 28, 2019. (Photo: Nicholas Kamm / AFP - Getty Images) | https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/donaldtrump_5.jpeg... https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/06/10/trumps-mexico-tariff-deal-fake-news-mexico-has-been-enforcing-us-immigration-policy?cd-origin=rss _________________________ Ombudsman warns of presence of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel in southern Colombia Adam Veitch | colombiareports.com | 2019-06-10 Colombia's ombudsman has expressed concern over the apparent appearance of the Sinaloa Cartel in the south of the country, according to news agency EFE. Ombudsman Carlos Negret said at a... https://colombiareports.com/colombia-warns-mexicos-sinaloa-cartel-spotted-in-southern-colombia/ https://colombiareports.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/gentil_duarte.jpg _________________________ US signed 'another very important part' of immigration deal with Mexico -- Trump rt.com | 2019-06-10 US President Donald Trump has announced signing an "important" part of an agreement on immigration with Mexico. The news comes a week into the neighbors' row over tariffs and border security. | ... https://www.rt.com/news/461504-trump-immigration-deal-mexico/ https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.06/thumbnail/5cfe4210fc7e93146e8b4644.JPG _________________________ US: 24 Migrants Have Died in ICE Custody Under Trump telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-10 A total of 24 migrants have died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody according to an NBC News analysis of federal data. | RELATED: Mexico Confirms 6,000-Troop Deployment to Guatemalan Border, Arrests Migrant Advocates | The findings are based on a report released this week by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security which found "egregious viola... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/US-24-Migrants-Have-Died-in-ICE-Custody-Under-Trump-20190610-0005.html _________________________ Mexican Senate to Discuss Migration Deal with US plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Mexico, June 10 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard reported on Monday that if in 45 days when migratory agreements with the United States are assessed, the outcomes turn out negative, the issue will go to the Senate as it is no longer the executive"s responsibility. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43051&SEO=mexican-senate-to-discuss-migration-deal-with-us _________________________ The US-Mexican Deal Advances "Fortress America", Softens China's "Counter-Sanctions" Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-10 The deal that Trump struck with Mexico late last week in order to prevent the imposition of 5-25% tariffs on all of its exports to the US marketplace simultaneously advances his vision of "Fortress America" and softens the blow of ... https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-us-mexican-deal-advances-fortress-america-softens-chinas-counter-sanctions/5680129 _________________________ Trump Threatens to Reimpose Tariffs Against Mexico telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-10 U.S. President Donald Trump has once again threatened to impose tariffs against Mexico, saying that Washington has already signed a portion of the planned immigration and security pact with the country and warning that his administration would follow through with its threat if the deal was not ratified by Mexican lawmakers. | RELATED: | Trump Keeps Threatening Mexico with Higher Tariffs Despite Deal | "We have fully signed and documented another very important part of the Imm... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Threatens-to-Reimpose-Tariffs-Against-Mexico--20190610-0003.html _________________________ Mexico Denies Trump's Claim of Secret Concessions in Deal Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-10 STERLING, Va. -- Three days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal with Mexico to stem the flow of migrants at the southern border, the two countries appear unable to agree on exactly what's in it. | Stung by criticism that the agreement mostly ramps up border protection efforts already underway, Trump on Monday hinted at other, secret agreements he says will soon be revealed. | "We have fully signed and documented another very important part of the Immigration and Security deal with Mexico, one that the U.S. has been asking about getting for many years," Trump wrote Monday, saying it would "be r... https://www.truthdig.com/articles/mexico-denies-trumps-claim-of-secret-concessions-in-deal/ https://www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/AP_18319075390940.jpg _________________________ Deal or No Deal, Asylum Seekers Wait It Out at the Southern Border Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-10 A U.S.-Mexico pact announced Friday may mean that more migrants will be sent back to Mexico to await resolution of their asylum claims. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/deal-or-no-deal-asylum-seekers-at-southern-border-wont-give-up/ https://www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/AP_18319075390940.jpg _________________________ DHS Agents Treat Undocumented Immigrants as Criminals in Hospitals, Shackling Them to Beds and Impeding Care, Study Finds Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-10 Doctors at hospitals near the U.S.-Mexico border report that border patrol agents regularly treat undocumented immigrants like convicted criminals when taking them to receive medical care after apprehending them, according to a new report. | https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-4833550421.jpg... https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/10/dhs-agents-treat-undocumented-immigrants-criminals-hospitals-shackling-them-beds-and?cd-origin=rss _________________________ Democrats, Mexican president collaborate with Trump's anti-immigrant crackdown wsws.org | 2019-06-10 The US also announced it will house 3,000 to 4,000 immigrant children at army base internment camps. http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/10/immi-j10.html _________________________ California to provide healthcare to some undocumented immigrants aljazeera.com | 2019-06-10 If approved, the move would make California the first US state to provide some undocumented immigrants with healthcare. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/california-provide-healthcare-undocumented-immigrants-190610140135917.html _________________________ Bolivia TV Channel to Transmit Copa America 2019 By Open Signal plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 La Paz, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) The State TV channel Bolivia TV confirmed on Monday that it will transmit, by open signal and live, all the matches of Brazilĺ ´s Copa America 2019 football championship. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43050&SEO=bolivia-tv-channel-to-transmit-copa-america-2019-by-open-signal _________________________ Bolivian Press Highlights Criticism of US Restrictions against Cuba plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 La Paz, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivian newspaper Cambio has Monday highlighted in its printed edition all criticisms of US measures against Cuba, and also how these hinder the relation progress between both nations. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43060&SEO=bolivian-press-highlights-criticism-of-us-restrictions-against-cuba _________________________ Cuban Unions Denounce US Blockade against Cuba plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Havana, June 10 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Workers Federation (CTC) has denounced this Monday what it termed as the new aggressive escalation of the United States Government against Cuba. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43044&SEO=cuban-unions-denounce-us-blockade-against-cuba _________________________ Chilean Students Occupy Distinctive Institute plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Santiago de Chile, June 10 (Prensa Latina) Students from the iconic National Institute of Santiago de Chile agreed to occupy this campus indefinitely, amidst clashes with police forces that have been interrupting classes at this center for a month. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43032&SEO=chilean-students-occupy-distinctive-institute _________________________ South African President Leads Delegation to ILO Conference plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Pretoria, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) President Cyril Ramaphosa leads the South African delegation to the International Labor Organization (ILO)'s Centenary Conference starting on Monday in Geneva, Switzerland. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43025&SEO=south-african-president-leads-delegation-to-ilo-conference _________________________ Iran Appreciates Germany's Efforts to Save Nuclear Deal plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Tehran, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) Iran appreciates Germany"s efforts to save the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or nuclear deal, for which purpose Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is on a tour of the Middle East. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43039&SEO=iran-appreciates-germanys-efforts-to-save-nuclear-deal _________________________ Paraguayan Businesses in Presidential Committee to Meeting in Bolivia plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Asuncion, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) An important group of Paraguayan businessmen will be part of the delegation that will accompany President Mario Abdo Benitez to the meeting with his Bolivian counterpart, Evo Morales, on Jun 12 in La Paz. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43011&SEO=paraguayan-businesses-in-presidential-committee-to-meeting-in-bolivia _________________________ Tens of Thousands of 5G Telecommunications Satellites. Escalating Tensions in a Contested and Congested Space Environment Claire Edwards | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-10 The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 enshrined the principle of outer space being preserved as a common heritage of humankind,1 yet " lacks any provisions that would regulate the methods of the settlement of eventual disputes, which usually appear ... https://www.globalresearch.ca/5g-satellites-risk-escalating-tensions-contested-congested-space-environment/5680082 _________________________ Bolivia's New Hydroelectric Plant Creates Surplus of Power telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-10 Bolivian President Evo Morales attended a ceremony on Sunday for the opening of a hydroelectric power plant in the South American country's central region. | RELATED: | Bolivia's State-owned Company To Pen Deal With Russia's Acron | According to Prensa Latina, the San Jose II hydroelectric plant was built in the Colomi municipality, which is located inside the large city of Cochabamba in central Bolivia. | The new hydroelectric power plant will contribute 69 megawatts to the Nat... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivias-New-Hydroelectric-Plant-Creates-Surplus-of-Power-20190610-0001.html _________________________ Portugal Social Movements Demand Novo Banco Unblocs Venezuelan Money plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Caracas, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) Social movements in Portugal on Monday demanded the return of Venezuelan financial assets confiscated by that country"s Novo Banco, according to Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43059&SEO=portugal-social-movements-demand-novo-banco-unblocs-venezuelan-money _________________________ Cuban Jurists Analyze Law Proposals plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Havana, June 10 (Prensa Latina) Groups of editors analyze the proposals and criteria of the Cuban population on the draft laws of National Symbols and Fisheries. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43055&SEO=cuban-jurists-analyze-law-proposals _________________________ Bolivia to Foster a Culture of Peace at UN plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 La Paz, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia will be Chair of the First Commission of Disarmament and International Security of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly with the responsibility of building a culture of peace at an international level, the newspaper Cambio pointed out on Monday. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43042&SEO=bolivia-to-foster-a-culture-of-peace-at-un _________________________ Orphans of French ISIS Fighters Fly Home from Syria plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Paris, June 10 (Prensa Latina) France repatriated 12 French children, sons and daughters of ex-fighters of ISIS terrorist group, who were in Syria in opposition-controlled camps, the Foreign Ministry reported on Monday. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43053&SEO=orphans-of-french-isis-fighters-fly-home-from-syria _________________________ President of South Africa highlights ILO Work World Changes plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Geneva, June 10 (Prensa Latina) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa denounced today before the 108th International Labor Organization (ILO) Conference that unemployment and poverty among workers has trapped millions of people around the world . http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43058&SEO=president-of-south-africa-highlights-ilo-work-world-changes _________________________ Uruguay with More Titles at Copa America plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Brasilia, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan football team is currently the maximum winner of Copa America, with 15 titles, winning first edition in 1906 and the last one in 2011. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43049&SEO=uruguay-with-more-titles-at-copa-america _________________________ Se revelan pruebas de conspiraci—n del Censo contra el voto latino: muere gerrymanderer, la hija lo cuenta todo Satya Vatti | liberationnews.org | 2019-06-10 Los archivos del operativo republicano Thomas B. Hofeller, el "Miguel ngel de Gerrymandering," proporcionan pruebas s—lidas de una conspiraci—n de utilizar el Censo de 2020 para privar de sus derechos a los votantes latinos. https://www.liberationnews.org/se-revelan-pruebas-de-conspiracion-del-censo-contra-el-voto-latino-muere-gerrymanderer-la-hija-lo-cuenta-todo/ https://www.liberationnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Tom-Hofeller-spanish-300x158.jpg _________________________ Dossier 17: Venezuela and hybrid wars in Latin America The Tricontinental | mronline.org | 2019-06-10 Dossier no. 17 reflects on the hybrid war unleashed against Venezuela. We document the repertoire of tactics, but also the motives behind them. We are interested not only in the recent attack on Venezuela, but in the similarities between this attack and others in Latin America over the past decades. | Source... https://mronline.org/2019/06/10/dossier-17-venezuela-and-hybrid-wars-in-latin-america/ https://mronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/images_Page_01_Image_0003.jpg _________________________ IAEA Worried about Tensions over Iran's Nuclear Program plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Vienna, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on Monday expressed concern in Vienna "about the growing tensions" over the Iranian nuclear program. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43043&SEO=iaea-worried-about-tensions-over-irans-nuclear-program _________________________ Argentine Musicians Join AM-PM Continental Event in Cuba plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Havana, June 10 (Prensa Latina) A delegation of artists from the National Music Institute of Argentina (Inamu) will soon arrive in Cuba to participate in the continental event AM-PM America for its Music, the Argentine embassy in Cuba announces Monday. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43024&SEO=argentine-musicians-join-am-pm-continental-event-in-cuba _________________________ Venezuela Prepares Last Details of 15th Film Festival plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Caracas, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Culture announces Monday that details are being prepared for the 15th Venezuelan Film Festival, where 12 feature films will compete from June 13-20 in Caracas. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43023&SEO=venezuela-prepares-last-details-of-15th-film-festival _________________________ Port-au-Prince Calm but Tense, after Day of Demonstrations plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Port-au-Prince, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) Port-au-Prince is gradually recovering its peace and quietness although at some points the tension continues after the massive demonstrations this Sunday against corruption and the embezzlement of public funds. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43054&SEO=port-au-prince-calm-but-tense-after-day-of-demonstrations _________________________ Colombian Ministry of Defense Faces Censure Motion plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 10 de junio de 2019, 17: 55Bogota, June 10 (Prensa Latina) The Colombian House of Representatives will hold a censure vote against Defense Minister Guillermo Botero, to whom the opposition attributes the cover-up of the crime of a former FARC guerrilla member last April. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43063&SEO=colombian-ministry-of-defense-faces-censure-motion _________________________ With labor support, House OKs bill to keep Dreamers, TPS beneficiaries in U.S Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-10 WASHINGTON--With strong support from organized labor, the Dreamers, Latinos, and Asian-American groups, the U.S. House approved legislation to keep an estimated two million Dreamers and hundreds of thousands of Temporary Protected Status beneficiaries in the U.S. The 237-187 vote in early June, with seven Republicans joining all 230 voting Democrats, sent the measure (HR6) to ... https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/with-labor-support-house-oks-bill-to-keep-dreamers-tps-beneficiaries-in-u-s/ https://www.peoplesworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jessicagarcia960-340x190.jpg _________________________ Ex-Judge Moro's Conversations Dig up to Charge Lula plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Brasilia, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) A series of reports from Intercept website bring to light on Monday unpublished and illegal conversations of former judge Sergio Moro with some prosecutors to incriminate former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43034&SEO=ex-judge-moros-conversations-dig-up-to-charge-lula _________________________ China Exports Grow Despite US Tariffs plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Beijing, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) China's exports unexpectedly returned to growth 4.1 percent year-on-year in the first five months of 2019, despite higher US tariffs, an official source reported on Monday. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43030&SEO=china-exports-grow-despite-us-tariffs _________________________ Chile's Central Bank Corrects Low Economic Indicators plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Santiago de Chile, June 10 (Prensa Latina) Reports stated on Monday that Chileĺ ´s Central Bank revised again downward 2019 economic indicators in its second Monetary Policy Report. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43047&SEO=chiles-central-bank-corrects-low-economic-indicators _________________________ Lava Jato's Lie Behind Persecution Against Lula, Denounces PT plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 10 de junio de 2019, 18: 11Brasilia, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) The Workers" Party (PT) of Brazil denounced on Monday that the dissemination of messages between former judge Sergio Moro and prosecutors confirms the judicial lie to prevent the electoral victory of President Luiz In‡cio Lula and the political organization. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43067&SEO=lava-jatos-lie-behind-persecution-against-lula-denounces-pt _________________________ Bolivian Opposition Continues Actions Against Morales' Re-election plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 10 de junio de 2019, 19: 36La Paz, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) The ex-minister of the Presidency, Rene Martinez, denounced this Monday that the Bolivian opposition continues with the impulse of actions to prevent the re-election of President Evo Morales in the general elections of October 20. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43071&SEO=bolivian-opposition-continues-actions-against-morales-re-election _________________________ Argentinean Soldier Killed in Malvinas Identified plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 10 de junio de 2019, 19: 16Buenos Aires, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) The Secretariat of Human Rights of Argentina announced on Monday a new positive identification of another soldier fallen in Malvinas buried as N.N. in the Darwin Cemetery under the legend of Argentine Soldier known only to God. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43069&SEO=argentinean-soldier-killed-in-malvinas-identified _________________________ Venezuelan Opposition Fails in Efforts to Take Over Power plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Caracas, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) The reactions from the opposition leadership to statements by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about its lan right wing are part of an international agenda of discredit. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43037&SEO=venezuelan-opposition-fails-in-efforts-to-take-over-power _________________________ Prensa Latina Celebrates Epic Anniversary, Chileans Say plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Santiago de Chile, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) The member of Chile's Political Commission of the Communist Party, Juan Andres Lagos, considered "Prensa Latina's 60 years of foundation on June 16 as an epic anniversary". http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43048&SEO=prensa-latina-celebrates-epic-anniversary-chileans-say _________________________ Spanish Socialist Party Moves Away from Left-Wing Coalition plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 10 de junio de 2019, 19: 32Madrid, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) The Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) moved away on Monday from the possibility of forming a coalition government with Unidas-Podemos(UP), despite being the preferred option by most citizens. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43070&SEO=spanish-socialist-party-moves-away-from-left-wing-coalition _________________________ Chilean Professors on Second Week of Nationwide Strike plenglish.com | 2019-06-10 Santiago, Chile, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) Some 70,000 members of the College of Professors of Chile are on their second week of nationwide strike on Monday, because the Government has not met their demands. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43040&SEO=chilean-professors-on-second-week-of-nationwide-strike _________________________ Trump core exposed: Lies & insults 'tell it like it is' Robert S. Becker | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-10 Bluster boomerang on display: | Tabulating how little Trump has done for his voters' economic misery is not enough. Failure and hypocrisy don't speak for themselves when cult denial reigns: job-sucking outsourcing continues (especially in backwaters), domestic factory growth sags, better paying jobs are coastal and/or in tech, tax reform is a joke, and bonehead tariffs inflate prices on basics the bottom 50% must buy. No infrastructure, no job training, no national educational push -- surprise! Billionaires flourish while Trump families grit their teeth, still dreaming a cruel hustler's jingoism,... https://www.nationofchange.org/2019/06/10/trump-core-exposed-lies-insults-tell-it-like-it-is/ _________________________ Mexico's president celebrates deal with US at Tijuana rally aljazeera.com | 2019-06-09 President Lopez Obrador calls for unity and celebration after Mexico strikes a deal with the US, but it's at a heavy cost. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/mexicos-president-celebrates-deal-tijuana-rally-190609112533160.html _________________________ Threats and Bullying: Trump's Mexico "Trade Deal" Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-09 That's how former WTO head Pascal Lamy described the deal Trump forced Mexico to accept last week -- using tariffs or their threat to pressure and bully other countries to bend to Washington's will, Lamy adding: | "If there's a rule | ... https://www.globalresearch.ca/trumps-mexico-deal-hostage-taking-international-rules/5680055 _________________________ 'We can always go back to tariffs': Trump roasts 'failing New York Times' over Mexico deal report rt.com | 2019-06-09 The newspaper of record tried to rain on Donald Trump's parade over his much-hyped border deal with Mexico. The president retaliated with a barrage of angry tweets, branding the New York Times as "truly The Enemy of the People!" | ... https://www.rt.com/usa/461448-trump-nyt-mexico-deal/ https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.06/thumbnail/5cfd0f6fdda4c85a0b8b4597.JPG _________________________ Venezuela, Russia to Use Rubles in Trade to Bypass US Sanctions plenglish.com | 2019-06-09 09 de junio de 2019, 08: 49Caracas, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela and Russia are working nowadays on the creation of a trade mechanism with payment in rubles to bypass the blockade imposed by the United States, Tareck El Aissami, Vice President of Economy, pointed out. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42998&SEO=venezuela-russia-to-use-rubles-in-trade-to-bypass-us-sanctions _________________________ Sub-Saharan Africa 2019 growth to rise to 2.9%: World Bank David Ochieng Mbewa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-09 FILE PHOTO: Locals walk towards the Mogalakwena platinum mine in Mokopane, Limpopo province, South Africa. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko//File Photo | The World Bank says it expects the economic growth of Sub-Saharan Africa to pick up to 2.9% in 2019 in its latest report. | The Bank further expects the region's economic growth to accelerate to 3.3% in 2020 on the back of an improvement in investor sentiment toward some of the large economies of the region improves. | The Bank also says that a recovery in oil production by large exporters and robust growth in non-resource-intensive economies underpinned by continued stro... https://africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/09/sub-saharan-africa-2019-growth-to-rise-to-2-9-world-bank/ http://africa.cgtn.com/wp-content/photo-gallery/2019/06/2019-06-04T112134Z_893225910_RC1C844FDD50_RTRMADP_3_SAFRICA-ECONOMY-GDP.jpg _________________________ Trump's New Travel Restrictions Harm Both US and Cuban People Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-09 Escalating his policy to economically strangle Cuba, Donald Trump has imposed new restrictions on travel to Cuba by U.S. persons. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) will no longer allow the popular "people-to-people" educational travel and they will deny ... https://www.globalresearch.ca/trumps-new-travel-restrictions-harm-both-us-cuban-people/5680022 _________________________ Pakistan' PM to Meet Russian President plenglish.com | 2019-06-09 09 de junio de 2019, 09: 33Islamabad, June 9 (Prensa Latina) Local press reported on Sunday that Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the 19th Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43003&SEO=pakistan-pm-to-meet-russian-president _________________________ India's Prime Minister Visits Sri Lanka plenglish.com | 2019-06-09 09 de junio de 2019, 09: 30Colombo, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) Indiaĺ ´s Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Sri Lanka Sunday, at a brief stop on his way back home after visiting the Maldives his maiden trip abroad after beginning his second consecutive term. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43002&SEO=indias-prime-minister-visits-sri-lanka _________________________ West has just Ravaged the Middle East, Iranian FM Says plenglish.com | 2019-06-09 09 de junio de 2019, 09: 23Tehran, June 9 (Prensa Latina) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Yavad Zarif has afirmed that the West just ravaged the Middle East and its duty now is to normalize relations with the Islamic Republic. Zarif stressed on the lack of commitment by the rest of signatories of the Comprehensive Plan of Joint Action (JCPOA) or nuclear agreement after the US withdrawal. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43000&SEO=west-has-just-ravaged-the-middle-east-iranian-fm-says _________________________ Ecuador, Slovakia to Strengthen Trade and Export Ties plenglish.com | 2019-06-09 09 de junio de 2019, 09: 56Quito, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador and Slovakia are now aiming to increase their trade relations by fostering their respective export products. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43004&SEO=ecuador-slovakia-to-strengthen-trade-and-export-ties _________________________ President Diaz-Canel Ratifies Unity between Cuba and Venezuela plenglish.com | 2019-06-09 09 de junio de 2019, 09: 10Havana, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday said that Cuba and Venezuela will win over the aggressiveness by the United States, thanks to the unity and dignity that characterize the two countries. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42999&SEO=president-diaz-canel-ratifies-unity-between-cuba-and-venezuela _________________________ Mexico to deploy 6,000 troops to southern border as Trump postpones tariffs wsws.org | 2019-06-08 No faction of the American or Mexican ruling class offers any genuine opposition to the assault on immigrants and democratic rights. http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/08/immi-j08.html _________________________ Trump's Threatened Tariffs on Hold After Deal With Mexico Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-08 The agreement aims to have Mexico take measures to stem the flow of migrants but excludes some dramatic overhauls sought by the president. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/trumps-threatened-tariffs-on-hold-after-deal-with-mexico/ _________________________ US & Mexico reach signed agreement, tariffs 'indefinitely suspended' rt.com | 2019-06-08 US President Donald Trump says a deal has been struck with Mexico to stem the flow of migrants into the US. Punitive tariffs on Mexican goods that were due to come into effect Monday have been "suspended indefinitely." | ... https://www.rt.com/usa/461350-trump-mexico-border-agreement/ https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.06/thumbnail/5cfb089ddda4c8a1728b4573.JPG _________________________ Trump's Tariff Deal Will Be 'Disaster' for Thousands of Immigrants Deported to Mexico, Rights Groups Say Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-08 Immigrant rights groups decried the deal reached Friday night by President Donald Trump and Mexican officials, in which Trump called off his plan to impose tariffs on all imports from Mexico in exchange for an expansion of his policy deporting asylum-seekers to the country. | https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11283157241.jpg... https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/08/trumps-tariff-deal-will-be-disaster-thousands-immigrants-deported-mexico-rights?cd-origin=rss _________________________ Six months of AMLO: Jacobin defends the Mexican president wsws.org | 2019-06-08 Jacobin claims that AndrŽs Manuel L—pez Obrador's "progressive agenda" is being restrained by opposition parties and finance capital. http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/08/amlo-j08.html _________________________ Teachers struggles erupt across Latin America wsws.org | 2019-06-08 The response by the ruling class to the resistance led by teachers has been the same everywhere: the claim that there is "no money" and police state repression. http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/08/lata-j08.html _________________________ Nigerians call for redefining of broadcasting laws as media station gets shut down CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-08 Nigerians have called for the redefining of laws guiding local media following the recent suspension of the operating license of a popular broadcast station in the country. | The Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) on Thursday halted the operation of Daar Communications, owner of the African Independent Television (AIT), Raypower FM and Faaji FM, for allegedly violating broadcast rules in some aired programs. | The station was accused of airing "hate speech, divisive and inciting comments," breaching the provisions of the NBC's code and had been summoned in the last two years, the director-general of the Nige... https://africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/08/nigerians-call-for-redefining-of-broadcasting-laws-as-media-station-gets-shut-down/ _________________________ America's "Golden Age" Might Lead to "Energy Colonialism"? Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-08 Igor Sechin, the CEO of Rosneft and one of the most powerful people in Russia, isn't jumping on the Alt-Media bandwagon of speculating about America's supposedly imminent demise but is instead warning that it might actually be about to ... https://www.globalresearch.ca/russia-warned-americas-golden-age-might-lead-energy-colonialism/5679966 _________________________ France Announces for 2020 Trial for January 2015 Attacks plenglish.com | 2019-06-08 Paris, Jun 8 (Prensa Latina) The judicial process for the January 2015 attacks in France will be held from April 20 to July 3, 2020, announced this Saturday a source close to the case quoted by the local press. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42980&SEO=france-announces-for-2020-trial-for-january-2015-attacks _________________________ Washington 'encouraged' by Mexican migrant clampdown, but will move ahead with tariff plan rt.com | 2019-06-07 US officials are pleased with the Mexican government's recent moves to curb the flow of migrants through the country to the American border. However, negotiations are ongoing, and a tariff deadline still looms. | ... https://www.rt.com/usa/461318-mexico-immigration-tariffs-encouraged/ https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.06/thumbnail/5cfa779dfc7e93c7498b463f.JPG _________________________ Mexico Confirms 6,000-Troop Deployment to Guatemalan Border, Arrests Migrant Advocates telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-07 Mexico is strengthing its migration enforcement at its border with Guatemala by sending up to 6,000 National Guard troops, Minister of the Interior Olga Sanchez announced Friday afternoon after meetings between Mexican and White House delegates in Washington. Meanwhile, the country is cracking down on human rights and migrant advocates. | RELATED: | Mexico May Send Troops to Guatemalan Border to Avoid US Tariffs | The Mexican delegation, headed by Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebra... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Confirms-6000-Troop-Deployment-to-Guatemalan-Border-Arrests-Migrant-Advocates-20190607-0008.html _________________________ Mexico's L—pez Obrador indicts Trump: Tariffs and border walls won't work AndrŽs Manuel L—pez Obrador | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-07 The following is the open letter from Mexican President AndrŽs Manuel L—pez Obrador to U.S. President Donald Trump of May 30, 2019, discussing immigration policy and the need for honest dialogue. The letter reminds Trump of the positive relations the two countries enjoyed at various times in the past, condemns the U.S. president's approach to ... https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/mexicos-lopez-obrador-indicts-trump-tariffs-and-border-walls-wont-work/ https://www.peoplesworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/pjimage-72-340x190.jpg _________________________ Mexico Confirms 6,000-Troop Deployment to Guatemalan Border, Arrests Migrant Advocates telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-07 Mexico is beefing up its migration enforcement at its border with Guatemala by sending up to 6,000 National Guard troops, Minister of the Interior Olga Sanchez announced Friday afternoon after meetings between Mexican and White House delegates in Washington. Meanwhile, the country is cracking down on human rights and migrant advocates. | RELATED: | Mexico May Send Troops to Guatemalan Border to Avoid US Tariffs | The Mexican delegation, headed by Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrar... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Confirms-6000-Troop-Deployment-to-Guatemalan-Border-Arrests-Migrant-Advocates-20190607-0008.html _________________________ 300 US Southcom Troops Arrive in Honduras telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-07 Another Southern Command brigade of U.S. Navy and Marine soldiers arrived in Honduras this week as part of what the U.S. Embassy in Honduras has called "a multi-national disaster response task force" released Tuesday. | RELATED: | Mexico May Send Troops to Guatemalan Border to Avoid US Tariffs | Some 300 members of the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command (SPMAGTF-SC), more widely known as Southcom (or in Latin America as Comando Sur), will work toge... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/300-US-Southcom-Troops-Arrive-in-Honduras-To-Teach-Humanitarian-Assistance-20190607-0010.html _________________________ Free Traders No More? GOP Warms Up to Trump's Use of Tariffs Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-07 WASHINGTON -- With President Donald Trump threatening to slap tariffs on goods from Mexico, his transformation of Republican Party trade policy is nearly complete. | Republican lawmakers usually don't like tariffs. They're viewed as a tax on consumers and unwanted government intervention in free trade. But many Republicans, unwilling to buck Trump, are prepared to follow the president's lead and support 5% tariffs on Mexico in his dispute over illegal immigration. | It's a crossroads for the GOP as the White House is taking the party in a... https://www.truthdig.com/articles/free-traders-no-more-gop-warms-up-to-trumps-use-of-tariffs/ _________________________ Trans Rights Have No Borders. Johana and Roxsana's Lives Matter Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-07 On the first day of LGBTQ+ Pride month, a trans woman died four days after being released from ICE custody, where she had been held for seven weeks. Her name was Johana Medina Leon, and she was just 25 years old. She came to the U.S. from El Salvador in hopes of being granted asylum. Before being detained in the U.S., she spent three months in Ciudad Ju‡rez, Mexico, waiting her turn to request asylum. | Leon presented herself to U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Paso Del Norte port of entry in El Paso on April 11. Three days after entering the country, she was taken to Otero County Processing Ce... https://truthout.org/articles/trans-rights-have-no-borders-johana-and-roxsanas-lives-matter/ _________________________ Colombia: Top Prosecutor Says Sinaloa Cartel Present in Country telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-07 Colombia's highest prosecutor and oversight official, Carlos Negret denounced the presence of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel in southern Colombia, in the department of Caqueta, one of the areas most affected by armed violence for decades. | RELATED: | Protect Ex-Farc Members or Risk Losing Peace: UN Tells Colombia | "I am worried about extortion, ill... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Top-Prosecutor-Says-Sinaloa-Cartel-Present-in-Country-20190607-0005.html _________________________ Trump’s Mexico Tariffs Are About White Nationalism, Not Trade Laura Carlsen | commondreams.org | 2019-06-07 It should come as a relief to know that the number of migrants today is neither unprecedented nor unmanageable, that there is no basis for considering desperate families a security threat, and that this wave of migration is mostly not, in legal terms, illegal—it's asylum seekers immediately reporting to authorities for processing. (Photo: Shutterstock) | https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/usa.jpeg... https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/06/07/trumps-mexico-tariffs-are-about-white-nationalism-not-trade?cd-origin=rss _________________________ Mexico, US Reach Deal To 'Indefinitely Suspend' Tariffs telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-07 United States President Donald Trump has announced via Twitter that the tariffs his administration was planning to begin collecting on all Mexican goods starting Monday have been "indefinitely suspended" as Mexico' complies with U.S. demands to take stronger measures to "stem the tide of Migration through Mexico." | RELATED | Mexico, US Brace for Tariff Talks, Trump Doubles Down on Threat | "I am pleased to inform you that The United States of America has reached a signed agreem... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-US-Reach-Deal-To-Indefinitely-Suspend-Tariffs-20190607-0014.html _________________________ Under Tariff Pressure From the US, Mexico Detains Migrant Activists Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-07 Mexico City--Mexican authorities arrested two migrant activists Wednesday on suspicion of human smuggling in connection with the pair's efforts to provide support for Central American migrants traveling to the United States. However, supporters believe the arrests are due to the ongoing dispute between Mexico and the United States over the potential imposition of tariffs on all Mexican goods entering the U.S. | President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 5 percent tariff on Mexican goods, rising steadily to 25 percent, unless Mexico takes measures to stop migration from Central America through the co... https://truthout.org/articles/under-tariff-pressure-from-the-us-mexico-detains-migrant-activists/ _________________________ IMF warns of growing trade war wsws.org | 2019-06-07 Trump's threat to use tariffs against Mexico over immigration has sent a shock wave through the international trading system because it makes clear the US is prepared to use economic and trade warfare measures to pursue all of its policy objectives. http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/07/trad-j07.html _________________________ Day six of Arizona migrant aid trial sees RedForEd solidarity Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-06-07 Tucson, AZ - On June 6, nearly 150 people gathered outside the Federal Courthouse in downtown Tucson to demonstrate solidarity with humanitarian activist Scott Warren. Warren, an Arizona State University geography professor from the border town of Ajo, is facing 20 years in federal prison for providing humanitarian aid to crossing immigrants. | "It is clear that this is an attack by the Trump administration on not just migrants and undocumented immigrants but organizers and aid providers. It is gross political repression. And we are here to protest that attack," said immigrant rights organizer Jessica Rodriguez. http://www.fightbacknews.org/2019/6/6/day-six-arizona-migrant-aid-trial-sees-redfored-solidarity _________________________ TSA allows newly-arrived illegals to fly WITHOUT ID -- report rt.com | 2019-06-07 The Transportation Security Administration has been allowing illegal immigrants to fly without legal ID papers for months, bringing a new meaning to the term "undocumented," according to a report citing Homeland Security sources. | ... https://www.rt.com/usa/461261-tsa-allows-migrants-flights-undocumented/ https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.06/thumbnail/5cf9b3bfdda4c8c25e8b461d.JPG _________________________ Day six of Arizona migrant aid trial sees RedForEd solidarity Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-06-07 Tucson, AZ - On June 6, nearly 150 people gathered outside the Federal Courthouse in downtown Tucson to demonstrate solidarity with humanitarian activist Scott Warren. Warren, an Arizona State University geography professor from the border town of Ajo, is facing 20 years in federal prison for providing humanitarian aid to crossing immigrants. | "It is clear that this is an attack by the Trump administration on not just migrants and undocumented immigrants but organizers and aid providers. It is gross political repression. And we are here to protest that attack," said immigrant rights organizer Jessica Rodriguez. https://www.fightbacknews.org/2019/6/6/day-six-arizona-migrant-aid-trial-sees-redfored-solidarity _________________________ Making Capitalism History Faramarz Farbod | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-07 To perish or to radically transform the way we relate to one another and to nature, that is the question humanity has never had to face until now. The evidence backing the above assertion is strong and accumulating. Nevertheless, there remains a stubborn problem of awareness as many who understand the perils facing humanity fail... https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/06/07/making-capitalism-history/ https://www.counterpunch.org/wp-content/dropzone/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-06-at-6.10.11-PM.png _________________________ DuVernay: Wrongly Convicted Boys Aren't "Central Park Five" -- They're People Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-07 We spend the hour with Ava DuVernay, whose damning new four-part television series "When They See Us" tells the story of five teenagers of color from Harlem -- four African-American and one Latino -- who were wrongfully accused and convicted of raping and nearly killing a white woman out for a jog in New York City's Central Park. The night that would come to define the boys' lives was April 19, 1989, more than 30 years ago. In the sensational trial that followed, they became known as the "Central Park Five." Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana served between six and seve... https://truthout.org/video/duvernay-wrongly-convicted-boys-arent-central-park-five-theyre-people/ _________________________ "They Are Not the Central Park 5": Ava DuVernay's Series Restores Humanity of Wrongly Convicted Boys Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-07 We spend the hour with Ava DuVernay, whose damning new four-part television series "When They See Us" tells the story of five teenagers of color from Harlem--four African-American and one Latino--who were wrongfully accused and convicted of raping and nearly killing a white woman out for a jog in New York City's Central Park. The night that would come to define the boys' lives was April 19, 1989, more than 30 years ago. In the sensational trial that followed, they became known as the "Central Park Five." Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana served between six and seven years... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/6/7/ava_duvernay_when_they_see_us https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/36/47836/w320/SEG1-Ava-Cover-Split.jpg _________________________ Bolivian Press Highlights Cuba's Response to U.S. Sanctions plenglish.com | 2019-06-07 07 de junio de 2019, 08: 59La Paz, Jun 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuba"s strong response to the new restrictions imposed by the U.S. government to tighten the unjust economic, commercial and financial blockade is highlighted this Friday by local media. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42934&SEO=bolivian-press-highlights-cubas-response-to-u.s.-sanctions _________________________ Saint Vincent and Grenadines Voted into UN Security Council telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-07 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was voted in as a United Nations Security Council non-permanent member Friday, along with five other nations, including Vietnam and Estonia. | The vote took place June 7 at the U.N. headquarters in New York. All 193 member states cast their votes for the 2020-2021. | Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza congratulated Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for the "historic" election. | RELATED: | Afro-Latinos Among Most Underprivileged in Region | "Venezuel... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Saint-Vincent-and-Grenadines-Voted-into-UN-Security-Council-20190607-0007.html _________________________ Illinois Legalizes Cannabis Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-07 The late economist Milton Friedman's notion of capitalism and freedom is polar opposite to my own views. | We're however likeminded on the issue of illicit drugs and so-called US war on them, largely waged on Blacks and Latinos. They ... https://www.globalresearch.ca/illinois-legalizes-cannabis/5679853 _________________________ Germany Joins LatAm, Caribbean Nations to Discuss Reforestation plenglish.com | 2019-06-07 07 de junio de 2019, 00: 22Havana, Jun 7 (Prensa Latina) Forestry authorities from 23 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean plus Germany will exchange experiences on the challenges of global reforestation, at an initiative in Havana to which Cuba officially adheres, organizers announced. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42930&SEO=germany-joins-latam-caribbean-nations-to-discuss-reforestation _________________________ "They Are Not the Central Park 5": Ava DuVernay's Series Restores Humanity of Wrongly Convicted Boys MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-06-07 We spend the hour with Ava DuVernay, whose damning new four-part television series "When They See Us" tells the story of five teenagers of color from Harlem--four African-American and one Latino--who were wrongfully accused and convicted of raping and nearly killing a white woman out for a jog in New York City's Central Park. The night that would come to define the boys' lives was April 19, 1989, more than 30 years ago. In the sensational trial that followed, they became known as the "Central Park Five." Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana served between six and seven years... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/6/7/ava_duvernay_when_they_see_us https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/36/47836/w320/SEG1-Ava-Cover-Split.jpg _________________________ President Maduro Ratifies Commitment to Women's Rights plenglish.com | 2019-06-07 07 de junio de 2019, 09: 57Caracas, Jun 7 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has reaffirmed his commitment to women"s rights on World Day for Birth Rights and Respected Childbirth. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42940&SEO=president-maduro-ratifies-commitment-to-womens-rights _________________________ Chinese Students Might be the "Trade War's" First Civilian Causalities Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-07 The escalating "trade war" between the US and China is reportedly causing some in Washington to consider imposing legal restrictions on Chinese students in the interests of national security, which shows that all the trade talk was really just a ... https://www.globalresearch.ca/chinese-students-might-be-the-trade-wars-first-civilian-causalities/5679788 _________________________ Experts from Brazil, Guatemala, Cuba to Research Neuroimmunology plenglish.com | 2019-06-07 07 de junio de 2019, 05: 58Havana, June 7 (Prensa Latina) Specialists from Brazil, Guatemala and Cuba will meet here from June 11 to 14 to discuss new alternatives in the treatment of demyelinating diseases during the First Cuban School of Neuroimmunology, a press release reported here. . http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42932&SEO=experts-from-brazil-guatemala-cuba-to-research-neuroimmunology _________________________ Brazil's PT Condemns New US Measures against Cuba plenglish.com | 2019-06-07 07 de junio de 2019, 09: 18Brasilia, Jun 7 (Prensa Latina) The Workers" Party (PT) of Brazil on Friday condemned the new measures taken by the United States against Cuba, and described them as another show of arrogant interventionism and disregard for international law. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42935&SEO=brazils-pt-condemns-new-us-measures-against-cuba _________________________ US Sees Surge of African Migrants Along Southern Border telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-06 There has been a drastic increase of African migrants at the United States (U.S.) border, migration agents report, as citizens of various African countries flee "humanitarian crisis" in their homelands. | RELATED: | Mexico Deported Over 80,000 Migrants So Far This Year | Since May 30, over 500 African migrants have registered along the Del Rio border in Texas, arriving from Angola, Cameroon, and the Republic of the Congo, the U.S Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) informed. | "We are conti... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/US-Sees-Surge-of-African-Migrants-Along-Southern-Border-20190606-0022.html _________________________ Trump's Mexico Tariffs: A 'Foolish' Policy CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-06 https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/06/06/trumps-mexico-tariffs-a-foolish-policy/ https://www.counterpunch.org/wp-content/dropzone/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-06-at-2.29.58-PM-300x167.png _________________________ Trump's Tariff War Is Bad for Everyone But His Friends Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-06 Since time out of mind, presidents have deployed the "Hey, look over here!" tactic to distract the public from politically damaging stories. In less than three years, Donald Trump has raised the practice nearly to the level of performance art. His latest wingding over tariffs against Mexico, however, could have lasting repercussions both for his political standing and the national economy at large. | It began, as it so often has since 2017, with former special counsel Robert Mueller, who gave a nine-minute statement on Ma... https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-tariff-war-is-bad-for-everyone-but-his-friends/ _________________________ Trump's Mexico Tariffs: A 'Foolish' Policy Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-06 The US has massive trade with Mexico, in both directions, which would be seriously impacted by Trump's proposal to impose a progressively rising tariff on all Mexican imports until Mexico limits migration to the US. Manuel Perez Rocha of IPS discusses the consequences... https://therealnews.com/stories/trumps-mexico-tariffs-a-foolish-policy https://therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DLY060519_rocha_mexico-150x150.jpg _________________________ US House panel chair vows to try to block tariffs on Mexico goods aljazeera.com | 2019-06-06 Richard Neal says he'll introduce legislation aimed at blocking tariffs on Mexico goods if Trump acts on his threat. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/house-panel-chair-vows-block-tariffs-mexico-goods-190606181047401.html _________________________ Huawei To Help Russia Get 5G Network telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-06 The Chinese company Huawei has just inked a deal with the Russian telecom firm MTS to develop 5G technology inside the Russian Federation. | RELATED: | Mexico and China Can Be Stronger Together: Mexican Gov't | The deal will see "the development of 5G technologies and the pilot launch of fifth generation networks in 2019 and 2020," MTS said in a statement, according to AFP. | According to the BBC, Huawei will help the Russian firm develop the 5G technology over the next year, giving t... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Huawei-To-Help-Russia-Get-5G-Network-20190606-0003.html _________________________ Mexico May Send Troops to Guatemalan Border to Avoid US Tariffs telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-06 Up to 6,000 members of Mexico's national guard may be sent to "protect" its southern border in order to quell the flow of Guatemalan migrants, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Wednesday as bilateral talks with the United States (U.S.) government continue, according to the Washington Post. | RELATED: | Trade Deal Not Reached Between US and Mexico, Talks Continue | As one of the newest developments in trade and migration talks with the U.S., Mexico has offered to send its mil... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-May-Send-Troops-to-Guatemalan-Border-to-Avoid-US-Tariffs-20190606-0023.html _________________________ Trump Threatens to Hit China With $300 Billion in Tariffs telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-06 U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to hit China with "at least" another $300 billion of tariffs but said he thought both China and Mexico wanted to make deals in their trade disputes with the United States. | RELATED: | China, Russia Will Support Stabilization in Venezuela: Putin | "Our talks with China, a lot of interesting things are happening. We'll see what happens... I could go up another at least $300 billion and I'll do that at the right time," Trump told reporters... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Threatens-to-Hit-China-With-300-Billion-in-Tariffs-20190606-0002.html _________________________ Mexico, USA Talk on Immigration, But under Tariff Threats plenglish.com | 2019-06-06 Washington, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) Delegations from the United States and Mexico are continuing on Thursday their talks in Washington in order to find some alternatives to reduce the flow of immigrants to the common border. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42887&SEO=mexico-usa-talk-on-immigration-but-under-tariff-threats _________________________ Trump's Mexico Tariff Ignores the Reality of Migration Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-06 Mexico has already deported thousands of Central Americans who are fleeing their homelands because of a century of U.S. interventionist policies... https://therealnews.com/stories/trumps-mexico-tariff-ignores-the-reality-of-migration https://therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DLY060419_schmidtke_mexico-150x150.jpg _________________________ More talks with Mexico on migrant tide before US tariffs imposed aljazeera.com | 2019-06-06 Emergency talks continue on Thursday in Washington, where Mexican officials are trying to stop a 5 percent tariff. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/talks-mexico-migrant-tide-tariffs-imposed-190606061232592.html _________________________ New pamphlet on Matamoros wildcat strikes wsws.org | 2019-06-06 Mehring Books is pleased to announce the publication of a new pamphlet, The 2019 workers' rebellion in Matamoros, Mexico by WSWS writer Andrea Lobo. http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/06/mehr-j06.html _________________________ 'Beautiful wall' indeed: US military deployed to Mexican border ordered to paint fence rt.com | 2019-06-06 US troops deployed to the Mexican border have been tasked with painting parts of the existing barrier structures to improve their "aesthetic appearance," triggering the righteous anger of the #Resistance. | ... https://www.rt.com/usa/461182-military-paint-border-wall-trump/ https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.06/thumbnail/5cf89c4ddda4c8b7088b45e3.JPG _________________________ 'Beautiful wall' indeed: US military deployed to Mexican border ordered to paint fence rt.com | 2019-06-06 US troops deployed to the Mexican border have been tasked with painting parts of the existing barrier structures to improve their "aesthetic appearance," triggering the righteous anger of the #Resistance. | ... https://www.rt.com/usa/461182-military-paint-border-wall-trump/ https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.06/thumbnail/5cf8d119dda4c8390e8b45f0.jpg _________________________ Chilean Teachers on Strike Hold National March plenglish.com | 2019-06-06 Santiago, Chile, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) Primary and high-school teachers in Chile, who have been on strike since Monday, held a march on Thursday in this capital with participation of colleagues from all over the country, the College of Professors informed. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42910&SEO=chilean-teachers-on-strike-hold-national-march _________________________ DPRK Accuses US of Violating Sovereignty and Dignity plenglish.com | 2019-06-06 Pyongyang, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic People"s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday accused the United States again of flagrantly violating the country"s sovereignty and dignity... http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42892&SEO=dprk-accuses-us-of-violating-sovereignty-and-dignity _________________________ Behind the US Espionage Act susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-06 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces 17 counts of violating the United States Espionage Act, for publishing material given to him by former US soldier Chelsea Manning. | The material included documents that exposed US war crimes and other material about Washington's wars against Afghanistan and Iraq, which the military wanted to keep secret from the public. | The Espionage Act was passed in 1917 as the US entered the First World War. A product of wartime hysteria, it was first used against the Socialist Party (SP) and against anarchists and the anarcho-syndicalists of the Industrial Workers of the World, who op... https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/behind-us-espionage-act https://www.greenleft.org.au/sites/default/files/styles/new_large/public/p12%20assange.jpg _________________________ Africa Increases Presence at the UN plenglish.com | 2019-06-06 By Ibis Frade Brito | United Nations, June 6 (Prensa Latina) After the Nigerian diplomatĺ ´s election, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, as President of the UN General Assembly at its upcoming 74th session, the African continent is becoming more prominent in the multilateral organization. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42903&SEO=africa-increases-presence-at-the-un _________________________ Ola Bini to Testify and Subpoena Lenin Moreno in His Trial plenglish.com | 2019-06-06 Quito, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) The Swedish computer expert Ola Bini asked his defense attorneys to allow him to tell his story in his trial in Ecuador and to subpoena President Lenin Moreno to testify as well. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42899&SEO=ola-bini-to-testify-and-subpoena-lenin-moreno-in-his-trial _________________________ Filipino trade union condemns imprisonment of labor leader Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-06-06 Fight Back News Service is circulating the following June 4 statement from the militant trade union Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU). | Court decision on Maga's case, unjust, anti-union | We protest the guilty verdict handed down by the San Mateo Regional Trial Court against trade unionist and political prisoner Maoj Maga. He was convicted yesterday on the case of illegal possession of firearms and was sentenced to prison for a minimum of eight years and one day. | The court's decision is biased against trade unionists and is leaning towards the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippines National Polic... http://www.fightbacknews.org/2019/6/6/filipino-trade-union-condemns-imprisonment-labor-leader _________________________ Bolivia's Newspaper Warns of Damage Caused by Blockade of Cuba plenglish.com | 2019-06-06 La Paz, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) About 800,000 reservations of tickets to Cuba are affected by the U.S. ban on educational trips to the island, according to the Bolivian government"s newspaper Cambio. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42912&SEO=bolivias-newspaper-warns-of-damage-caused-by-blockade-of-cuba _________________________ Filipino trade union condemns imprisonment of labor leader Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-06-06 Fight Back News Service is circulating the following June 4 statement from the militant trade union Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU). | Court decision on Maga's case, unjust, anti-union | We protest the guilty verdict handed down by the San Mateo Regional Trial Court against trade unionist and political prisoner Maoj Maga. He was convicted yesterday on the case of illegal possession of firearms and was sentenced to prison for a minimum of eight years and one day. | The court's decision is biased against trade unionists and is leaning towards the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippines National Polic... https://www.fightbacknews.org/2019/6/6/filipino-trade-union-condemns-imprisonment-labor-leader _________________________ Venezuela to Co-host with Russia OPEC Gas Summit plenglish.com | 2019-06-06 St. Petersburg, Russia, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela has announced on Thursday it will co-host with Russia the next OPEC Gas Summit as part of the 23rd International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42889&SEO=venezuela-to-co-host-with-russia-opec-gas-summit _________________________ Lula Calls to Defend Brazilian Sovereignty and People plenglish.com | 2019-06-06 Brasilia, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has been in prison for more than one year, called to defend national sovereignty, because that way, Brazil"s people, territories and wealth are safeguarded. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42911&SEO=lula-calls-to-defend-brazilian-sovereignty-and-people _________________________ YouTube Just Fired the First Shot in a New War on Journalism Emma Fiala | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-06 (TMU) -- Wednesday morning, news began circulating warning that YouTube was about to delete thousands of accounts in the platform's latest wave of censorship. This time, the massive video sharing platform claimed to be targeting hateful content, "supremacists," conspiracy theorists and anything that promotes discrimination or segregation based on sexual orientation, religion, race, gender, age ... http://theantimedia.com/news2share-ford-fischer-youtube/ _________________________ Venezuelan Gov't to Deliver Over 4,000 Homes plenglish.com | 2019-06-06 Caracas, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Housing and Habitat will deliver on Thursday about 4,233 houses in 11 states of the country, as part of the social program Great Housing Mission Venezuela (GMVV). http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42913&SEO=venezuelan-govt-to-deliver-over-4000-homes _________________________ Corporate media have second thoughts about exiling Julian Assange from journalism John O'Day | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-06 Corporate media dutifully laid the groundwork for the U.S. Department of Justice's escalating political persecution of the WikiLeaks founder, and set the stage for a renewed assault on a free and independent press by the Trump administration. https://www.nationofchange.org/2019/06/06/corporate-media-have-second-thoughts-about-exiling-julian-assange-from-journalism/ https://fair.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Bloomberg-Assange-Burglar.png _________________________ We Underestimated the Economic Situation in Argentina: IMF telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-06 Managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, admitted Wednesday that her organization had "underestimated the incredibly complicated" economic situation in Argentina, as the economic recession in the Latin American nation deepens. | RELATED: | Argentina Sees 710% Hike in Key Medicine Prices Under Macri | In 2018, Argentine President Mauricio Macri negotiated a US$56.3 billion loan with the IMF to be paid in a three-year period, the biggest disburse... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/We-Underestimated-the-Economic-Situation-in-Argentina-IMF-20190606-0024.html _________________________ Venezuelan Opposition without Leadership or Credibility, Cabello Says plenglish.com | 2019-06-06 Caracas, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan opposition currently lacks leadership and credibility in front of its followers and the laws of the nation, Diosdado Cabello, president of the National Constituent Assembly (ANC), said. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42894&SEO=venezuelan-opposition-without-leadership-or-credibility-cabello-says _________________________ Trump's New Travel Restrictions Harm Both US and Cuban People Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-06 Escalating his policy to economically strangle Cuba, Donald Trump has imposed new restrictions on travel to Cuba by U.S. persons. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) will no longer allow the popular "people-to-people" educational travel and they will deny licenses to cruise ships, the most common way people visit Cuba. | "While this further escalation of the Trump administration's economic war on Cuba is very harmful to the people of Cuba and its... https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-new-travel-restrictions-harm-both-us-and-cuban-persons/ _________________________ Argentinean Reporters in Action on the Eve of Journalist's Day plenglish.com | 2019-06-06 Buenos Aires, June 6 (Prensa Latina) With a trending label on Twitter, hundreds of workers in the Argentine press are denouncing this profession is under emergency, and also rejecting the shutdown of several media outlets and media lay-offs. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42885&SEO=argentinean-reporters-in-action-on-the-eve-of-journalists-day _________________________ Corporate Media Will Regret Abandoning Julian Assange Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-06 After British police arrested Julian Assange on April 11, the first instinct of corporate journalists was to perform a line-drawing exercise. In so doing, corporate media dutifully laid the groundwork for the US Department of Justice's escalating political persecution of the WikiLeaks founder, and set the stage for a renewed assault on a free and independent press by the Trump administration. | Following the philosopher of science Karl Popper, I'll call this the problem of journalistic demarcation. Facing his own demarc... https://www.truthdig.com/articles/corporate-media-will-regret-abandoning-julian-assange/ https://www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/AP_19101379028565.jpg _________________________ Honduras: Abortion Ban's Dire Consequences Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2019-06-06 Graffiti promoting legal abortion and women's rights on a street in central Tegucigalpa, Honduras where public protests and demonstrations often take place. Vivas nos queremos ("We want to live") is a slogan used in campaigns across Latin America to end violence against women. | © 2019 Amy Braunschweiger for Human Rights Watch | (New York) -- Honduras' total ban on abortion in all circumstances puts women and girls in danger and violates their rights, Human Rights Watch said today, releasing a web feature on... https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/06/06/honduras-abortion-bans-dire-consequences https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/styles/294w/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905wrd_honduras_abortion_graffiti.jpg _________________________ Violence against Women Grows in Colombia plenglish.com | 2019-06-06 Bogota, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) More than 29,000 acts of violence against women were recorded in the first quarter of the year in Colombia, the Institute of Legal Medicine reported today. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42921&SEO=violence-against-women-grows-in-colombia _________________________ Cuban Doctors Restore Sight to Brazilian Community in Bolivia telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-06 One of Bolivia's Brazilian communities is one of the main recipients of Cuban ophthalmologists' medical talents since the clinic was erected in Guayaramerin city, Prensa Latina reported. | RELATED: | Cuban Doctors Praised for Their Work in Post-Cyclone Mozambique | Since opening the clinic in 2006, thousands of Bolivians have had their sight restored both in the city of Guayamerin, but also with its sister-city across the Mamore river, Guajara-Mirim. | According to the Cuba-B... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Cuban-Doctors-Restore-Sight-to-Brazilian-Community-in-Bolivia-20190606-0020.html _________________________ Chilean Teachers on Strike Hold National March plenglish.com | 2019-06-06 06 de junio de 2019, 12: 28Santiago, Chile, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) Primary and high-school teachers in Chile, who have been on strike since Monday, held a march on Thursday in this capital with participation of colleagues from all over the country, the College of Professors informed. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42910&SEO=chilean-teachers-on-strike-hold-national-march _________________________ Neymar Jr. Suffers Injury, Rules Out of Copa America plenglish.com | 2019-06-06 Brasilia, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian player Neymar Jr. will not play Copa America due to a severe injury that prevents him to recover in time to participate in the tournament, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) informed. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42904&SEO=neymar-jr.-suffers-injury-rules-out-of-copa-america _________________________ Republicans Clash with Trump over Proposed Tariffs of Up to 25% on All Mexican Imports Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-05 Mexican officials are meeting with Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today in Washington, D.C., to discuss President Trump's plan to impose a 5% tariff on all imported Mexican goods. Over time, tariffs could increase to as much as 25%. Trump announced tariffs over what he claims is Mexico's failure to stem the flow of Central American asylum seekers and migrants into the United States. Citing potentially devastating consequences to the U.S. economy, Senate Republicans defied the president Tuesday, announcing their opposition to the tariffs. We speak with Laura Carlsen, director of the M... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/6/5/republicans_clash_with_trump_over_proposed https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/93/47793/w320/SEG2--McConnell-Trump-Split.jpg _________________________ Record 144,000 people detained at US-Mexico border in May rt.com | 2019-06-05 The number of people entering the US from Mexico illegally has skyrocketed, with more than 144,000 detained or turned away just last month. Overwhelmed US authorities are cutting back on non-essential services at migrant shelters. | ... https://www.rt.com/usa/461165-record-arrests-us-mexico-border/ https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.06/thumbnail/5cf82031dda4c83a0e8b4583.JPG _________________________ Republicans Clash With Trump Over Tariffs on Mexican Imports Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-05 Mexican officials are meeting with Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today in Washington, D.C., to discuss President Trump's plan to impose a 5% tariff on all imported Mexican goods. Over time, tariffs could increase to as much as 25%. Trump announced tariffs over what he claims is Mexico's failure to stem the flow of Central American asylum seekers and migrants into the United States. Citing potentially devastating consequences to the U.S. economy, Senate Republicans defied the president Tuesday, announcing their opposition to the tariffs. We speak with Laura Carlsen, director of th... https://truthout.org/video/republicans-clash-with-trump-over-tariffs-on-mexican-imports/ _________________________ Trump says 'not nearly enough' progress in Mexico-US talks, tariffs due next week if no deal rt.com | 2019-06-05 US President Donald Trump is not satisfied with the pace of Mexico's compliance with his ultimatum to stop the migrant flow north. He reminded Mexico that he is serious about imposing a blanket tariff on all its goods within days. | ... https://www.rt.com/usa/461175-mexico-us-talks-tariffs/ https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.06/thumbnail/5cf84f9adda4c83a0e8b45a9.JPG _________________________ Tropical disturbance threatens more flooding for the US aljazeera.com | 2019-06-05 Heavy showers have already brought deadly mudslides to Mexico as threat now heads north. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/tropical-disturbance-threatens-flooding-190605093705527.html _________________________ Higher tariffs catapult U.S. businesses into greater uncertainty: expert CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-05 NEW YORK, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The Washington-initiated tariff tensions against Mexico and China have catapulted U.S. companies with overseas business into vast uncertainty, with relevant costs passed on to U.S. consumers, a U.S. expert said here on Monday. | "So you now have companies looking out of the world and saying well if we can't do business in China, we can't do business in Mexico, are there other safe places to locate?" said Edward Alden, a senior fellow with U.S. think tank Council on Foreign Relations. |... https://africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/05/higher-tariffs-catapult-u-s-businesses-into-greater-uncertainty-expert/ http://africa.cgtn.com/wp-content/photo-gallery/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-05-at-7.30.41-PM.png _________________________ Republicans Clash with Trump over Proposed Tariffs of Up to 25% on All Mexican Imports MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-06-05 Mexican officials are meeting with Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today in Washington, D.C., to discuss President Trump's plan to impose a 5% tariff on all imported Mexican goods. Over time, tariffs could increase to as much as 25%. Trump announced tariffs over what he claims is Mexico's failure to stem the flow of Central American asylum seekers and migrants into the United States. Citing potentially devastating consequences to the U.S. economy, Senate Republicans defied the president Tuesday, announcing their opposition to the tariffs. We speak with Laura Carlsen, director of the M... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/6/5/republicans_clash_with_trump_over_proposed https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/93/47793/w320/SEG2--McConnell-Trump-Split.jpg _________________________ Trade Deal Not Reached Between US and Mexico, Talks Continue telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-05 No deal was reached on Wednesday as top government officials from Mexico and the United States (U.S.) met in Washington for bilateral talks regarding U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on Mexican goods. | RELATED: | Mexico: Tariffs Could Worsen Central American Migration | According to Trump, talks will resume on Thursday but the head of state warned that if no agreement is reached by Monday, the five percent tariffs on Mexican goods will take effect. | The U.S. the presid... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Trade-Deal-Not-Reached-Between-US-and-Mexico-Talks-Continue-20190605-0019.html _________________________ Leader of Mexico-based church accused of rape, child porn in US aljazeera.com | 2019-06-05 La Luz Del Mundo leader Naason Joaquin Garcia arrested in California on charges including human trafficking and rape. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/leader-mexico-based-church-accused-rape-child-porn-190605170746799.html _________________________ Afro-Latinos Among Most Underprivileged in Region telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-05 For centuries, Afro-descended peoples have faced discrimination, hardship, and social exclusion around the world. In Latin America, despite efforts to close the gap, the ethnic group continues to struggle for equal opportunity. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro Censors Video Starring Black People and Transwoman | Afro-Latinos represent a quarter of the Latin American population and 90 percent of them reside in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, and Ecuador -- formerly important... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Afro-Latinos-Among-Most-Underprivileged-in-Region-20190605-0020.html _________________________ Numerous injuries in blast at Roswell, New Mexico 'firework storage' -- police rt.com | 2019-06-05 Two firefighters have been seriously injured in an explosion at the Roswell airport, New Mexico officials have confirmed. The explosion reportedly involved a fireworks storage facility. | ... https://www.rt.com/usa/461164-roswell-new-mexico-explosion-fireworks/ https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.06/thumbnail/5cf8284ddda4c83a0e8b4594.jpg _________________________ Pence and Mexican FM to Discuss Trump's Tariff Threat plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 Washington, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) US Vice President Mike Pence is discussing on Wednesday with Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard President Donald Trump"s threat to impose tariffs on products from the Latin American country due to the flow of migrants crossing the southern border. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42830&SEO=pence-and-mexican-fm-to-discuss-trumps-tariff-threat _________________________ US House votes to protect 'Dreamer' immigrants aljazeera.com | 2019-06-05 Vote to give a path to citizenship to more than two million undocumented migrants comes amid White House veto threat. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/house-votes-protect-dreamer-immigrants-190605145441492.html _________________________ U.S.: Democratic Presidential Candidate for Expanding Ties with Cuba plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 Washington, Jun 5 ( Prensa Latina ) Democratic Senator and presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar today called for moving forward U.S. relations with Cuba after Donald Trump"s administration imposed more travel restrictions to the island. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42873&SEO=u.s.-democratic-presidential-candidate-for-expanding-ties-with-cuba _________________________ Foreign Policy from the Point of View of Cristina Fernandez plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 04 de junio de 2019, 17: 47Buenos Aires, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) A book that focuses on ex-president Cristina Fernandez" guidelines on foreign policy during her two terms (2007-2015), will be presented here on Thursday. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42817&SEO=foreign-policy-from-the-point-of-view-of-cristina-fernandez _________________________ Supreme Court of Colombia to Subpoena Santrich plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 Bogota, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) The Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia on Wednesday announced the decision to subpoena the leader of the Alternative Revolutionary Force of the Common (FARC) and congressman, Jesus Santrich. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42834&SEO=supreme-court-of-colombia-to-subpoena-santrich _________________________ Washington Office on Latin America gets behind U.S. regime change agenda in Venezuela Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-06-05 WOLA's hawkish stance on Venezuela may seem surprising for a "human rights" organization, but it is less of a surprise for those familiar with WOLA's history. | Source... https://mronline.org/2019/06/05/washington-office-on-latin-america-gets-behind-u-s-regime-change-agenda-in-venezuela/ https://mronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/AP_19032105589893_edited.jpg _________________________ Asia, Europe, South America Interested in Importing Bolivian Meat plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 La Paz, June 5 ( Prensa Latina ) Official sources have reportedly indicated that countries in Asia, Europe and South America are now showing interest in importing Bolivian meat, as well as in the nation"s bovine genetics. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42838&SEO=asia-europe-south-america-interested-in-importing-bolivian-meat _________________________ Argentinean Organizations to Lead March against Bolsonaro plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 Buenos Aires, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) Several social and political organizations in Argentina are calling a march on Wednesday to protest against the visit by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who will arrive on Thursday in this capital. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42836&SEO=argentinean-organizations-to-lead-march-against-bolsonaro _________________________ Venezuela Urges People of the World to Take Care of the Mother Earth plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 Caracas, Jun 5 ( Prensa Latina ) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has urged Wednesday the people of the world to take care of Mother Earth on the occasion of World Environment Day. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42863&SEO=venezuela-urges-people-of-the-world-to-take-care-of-the-mother-earth _________________________ Chilean Teachers on Third Day of National Strike plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 05 de junio de 2019, 11: 25Santiago de Chile, June 5 (Prensa Latina) Chilean teachers indefinite national strike is this Wednesday on in its third day after thousands of members of Teachers Association protested in several cities. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42853&SEO=chilean-teachers-on-third-day-of-national-strike _________________________ Brazilians Recover Vision in Bolivia thanks to Cuban doctors plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 Beni, Bolivia, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) Thousands of Brazilians recovered their vision thanks to the work of Cuban ophthalmologists based in the Bolivian town of Guayaramerin, where they are seeking a cure for pathologies such as cataracts and pterigium, experts confirmed this on Wednesday. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42867&SEO=brazilians-recover-vision-in-bolivia-thanks-to-cuban-doctors _________________________ Peruvian Parliament Gives Gov't Weak Vote of Confidence plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 05 de junio de 2019, 16: 58Lima, June 5 (Prensa Latina) The Peruvian parliament accepted today to discuss five government projects of political reforms, without a firm commitment regarding its essence, which gives rise to diverse interpretations and limited certainties. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42875&SEO=peruvian-parliament-gives-govt-weak-vote-of-confidence _________________________ ILO to Address Global Labor Challenges and Opportunities plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 Geneva, June 5 ( Prensa Latina) At the invitation of the International Labor Organization (ILO), more than 5,000 delegates from 187 countries will meet from June 10 to 21 in Geneva to discuss labor challenges. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42827&SEO=ilo-to-address-global-labor-challenges-and-opportunities _________________________ Guatemala Calls For Unity in SICA Summit plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 05 de junio de 2019, 18: 00Guatemala, June 5 (Prensa Latina) Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales called today for SICA members to fulfill the dream of a more prosperous and united Central America, when opening the 53rd meeting of Heads of State and Government of the region. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42878&SEO=guatemala-calls-for-unity-in-sica-summit _________________________ Brazilian Prosecutor's Office Recommends Semi-open Regime for Lula plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 05 de junio de 2019, 13: 13Brasilia, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) The Federal Public Ministry of Brazil on Wednesday recommended that former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has served 424 days in prison for alleged corruption, benefit from a semi-open regime. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42857&SEO=brazilian-prosecutors-office-recommends-semi-open-regime-for-lula _________________________ Foreign Policy from the Point of View of Cristina Fernandez plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 Buenos Aires, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) A book that focuses on ex-president Cristina Fernandez" guidelines on foreign policy during her two terms (2007-2015), will be presented here on Thursday. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42817&SEO=foreign-policy-from-the-point-of-view-of-cristina-fernandez _________________________ Brazil Regards China as Extremely Strategic Partner plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 Brasilia, Jun 5 ( Prensa Latina ) The Brazilian government currently considers China an extremely strategic partner, according to Vice President Hamilton Mourao, who admitted having the mission of reactivating relations with this Asian power. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42840&SEO=brazil-regards-china-as-extremely-strategic-partner _________________________ Brazil had a Historic Record of 65,602 Murders in 2017 plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 Brasilia, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) Brazil had 65,602 people killed in 2017, revealed this Wednesday the Atlas of Violence, prepared by the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) and the Brazilian Public Security Forum. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42872&SEO=brazil-had-a-historic-record-of-65602-murders-in-2017 _________________________ U.S. Blockade Against Cuba Considered Criminal in Bolivia plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 La Paz, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) Isabel Viscarra, member of the Bolivian solidarity movement 90 Years of Fidel, described this Wednesday as criminal the Helms-Burton Act, with which the United States reinforced the economic, commercial, financial and cultural blockade against Cuba. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42869&SEO=u.s.-blockade-against-cuba-considered-criminal-in-bolivia _________________________ Venezuela Wants to Renovate the Legislature, Maduro Says plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 Caracas, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela wants the renovation of the National Assembly (Parliament in contempt since 2016) to make progress in the process of political stabilization, President of the Republic Nicolas Maduro said. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42839&SEO=venezuela-wants-to-renovate-the-legislature-maduro-says _________________________ Colombian James Rodriguez Says Goodbye to Bayern Munich FC plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 05 de junio de 2019, 14: 10Munich, Germany, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) Colombian forward James Rodriguez said goodbye to Bayern Munich fans this Wednesday after announcing his withdrawal from the team. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42860&SEO=colombian-james-rodriguez-says-goodbye-to-bayern-munich-fc _________________________ Brazilians Recover Vision in Bolivia Thanks to Cuban doctors plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 05 de junio de 2019, 14: 34Beni, Bolivia, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) Thousands of Brazilians have recovered their vision thanks to the work of Cuban ophthalmologists based in the Bolivian town of Guayaramerin, where they are seeking a cure for pathologies such as cataracts and pterigium, experts confirmed this Wednesday. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42865&SEO=brazilians-recover-vision-in-bolivia-thanks-to-cuban-doctors _________________________ Bolivia's Airport Services Invest in New Technology plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 05 de junio de 2019, 11: 12La Paz, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) The state-owned company Air Services of Bolivia SA (Sabsa) is being upgraded nowadays with the latest technology, in some cases unique of its kind in South America, an 8 million dollar investment in 2019. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42851&SEO=bolivias-airport-services-invest-in-new-technology _________________________ Russia Strongly Condemns Tightening of US Blockade against Cuba plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 Moscow, Jun 5 ( Prensa Latina ) Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed Wednesday a strong and resolute condemnation of the tightening of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba for almost 60 years. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42864&SEO=russia-strongly-condemns-tightening-of-us-blockade-against-cuba _________________________ Venezuela Hosts Latin American Meeting of Local Governments plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 05 de junio de 2019, 11: 28Caracas, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) More than 100 officials from Latin America and the Caribbean will discuss in Caracas the construction of cooperation ties from Wednesday to June 9 during the first Latin American Meeting of Local Governments and Participatory Democracy. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42854&SEO=venezuela-hosts-latin-american-meeting-of-local-governments _________________________ US Mayor Criticizes New Travel Restrictions to Cuba plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 Washington, June 5 ( Prensa Latina ) Mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, Rick Kriseman, has criticized the U.S. government"s decision to impose new travel restrictions on Americans to Cuba. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42849&SEO=us-mayor-criticizes-new-travel-restrictions-to-cuba _________________________ American Professor At Jamaica's Edna Manley College Contemplates Hunger Strike Amid Student Sex Scandal "Coverup" Colin Benjamin | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-05 Visiting African-American Maluwa Williams-Myers has a story to tell about sex abuse at Edna Manley... | On Tuesday, African-American Professor Maluwa Williams-Myers told the Black Star News she is contemplating a hunger strike to force change at a Jamaican college where a serial sex offender has allegedly abused female students "for a decade." | Professor Williams-Myers told Black Star News she is compelled to consider this drastic approach because officials at this college are involved in a "coverup." She is worried about the victimization of other young women. | Is there a rape culture problem inside this Jama... http://www.blackstarnews.com/global-politics/others/american-professor-at-jamaica%E2%80%99s-edna-manley-college http://www.blackstarnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/news-detail-page/public/field/image/MALUWA.jpg _________________________ US measures Against Cuba Affect 800,000 Bookings On Cruises plenglish.com | 2019-06-05 Washington, June 5 (Prensa Latina) The International Association of Cruise Lines (CLIA) reported on Wednesday that travel limitations against Cuba affect almost 800,000 passenger bookings already planned or in progress, which were made under a general license previously issued by the Government which authorized people to travel to Cuba. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42871&SEO=us-measures-against-cuba-affect-800000-bookings-on-cruises _________________________ Mexico's war on drugs: President to legalise all narcotics aljazeera.com | 2019-06-04 Part of President Lopez Obrador's plan seeks to decriminalise all illegal drugs. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/mexicos-war-drugs-president-legalise-narcotics-190604120449420.html _________________________ President Lopez Obrador of Mexico's Letter to Donald Trump. "I Don't Want Confrontation..." President AndrŽs Manuel L—pez Obrador | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-04 President Donald Trump, | I am aware of your latest position in regard to Mexico. In advance, I express to you that I don't want confrontation. The peoples and nations that we represent deserve that we resort to dialogue and act ... https://www.globalresearch.ca/president-lopez-obrador-of-mexicos-letter-to-donald-trump-i-dont-want-confrontation/5679508 _________________________ Judge throws out House Dems' attempts to block Trump's border wall rt.com | 2019-06-04 A federal judge has denied House Democrats' efforts to block President Donald Trump's use of Pentagon funds for his promised wall on the border with Mexico, arguing they lacked constitutional standing to challenge the move. | ... https://www.rt.com/usa/460999-judge-denies-border-wall-appropriations/ https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.06/thumbnail/5cf5cb7cdda4c8c22c8b45f2.JPG _________________________ Judge Blocks House Democrats' Right to Block Funds for Trump's Border Wall Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-04 A judge has ruled against House Democrats in a federal lawsuit, which attempted to block President Donald Trump's ability to fund his long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. | "While the Constitution bestows upon members of the House many powers, it does not grant them standing to hale the executive branch into court claiming a dilution of Congress' legislative authority," U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden wrote in a 24-page decision regarding the Democrats' lawsuit to block the transfer of funds appropriated for other means to Trump's wall. "The court therefore lacks jurisdiction to hear the Hou... https://truthout.org/articles/judge-blocks-house-democrats-right-to-block-funds-for-trumps-border-wall/ _________________________ Mexican president vows to curb migration after Trump's tariff threat wsws.org | 2019-06-04 The fear of social explosions against inequality is driving President L—pez Obrador and the Mexican bourgeoisie to prostrate themselves before US imperialism. http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/04/mexi-j04.html _________________________ In Scott Warren's No More Deaths Trial, Prosecutors Attempt to Paint a Web of Conspiracy Ryan Devereaux | theintercept.com | 2019-06-04 For nearly a year and a half, U.S. government prosecutors in Arizona have sought to make an example out of Scott Warren. The 36-year-old geographer and border-based humanitarian aid volunteer was arrested with two undocumented migrants on January 17, 2018, and accused of providing the men with food, water, and a place to sleep over three days. A month later, a grand jury indicted him on two counts of harboring and one count of conspiracy, bringing the total amount time he could spend in prison -- if convicted on all counts and sentenced to consecutive terms -- to 20 years. | Warren's trial began in Tucs... https://theintercept.com/2019/06/04/scott-warren-no-more-deaths-trial-conspiracy-phone/ https://prod01-cdn04.cdn.firstlook.org/wp-uploads/sites/1/2019/06/GettyImages-1052753308-1559417143-1024x683.jpg _________________________ Cuban Vice President Meets with Russian Agriculture Minister plenglish.com | 2019-06-04 Moscow, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina) The vice president of the Cuban Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas, has met on Tuesday with Russian Agriculture Minister Dmitri Patrushev and Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov to review bilateral economic cooperation. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42766&SEO=cuban-vice-president-meets-with-russian-agriculture-minister _________________________ Proof of Census conspiracy against Latino vote: gerrymanderer dies, daughter tells all Satya Vatti | liberationnews.org | 2019-06-04 Given the track record of the U.S. government, with its racist history of deportations, incarceration and family separations under both the Democratic and Republican parties, the citizenship question on the census is sure to incite anxieties and fear among immigrants who are repeatedly scapegoated by politicians for mass unemployment and poverty that are in fact products of the capitalist economic system. https://www.liberationnews.org/proposed-new-census-question-steps-up-trump-administrations-racist-attacks-on-immigrants/ https://www.liberationnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Tom-Hofeller-300x158.jpg _________________________ Blacks, Latinos at Risk of Undercount in 2020 Census Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-04 A report from the Urban Institute finds that between 900,000 and 4 million people could be overlooked in the government's decennial survey. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/blacks-latinos-at-risk-of-undercount-in-2020-census/ https://www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-31-at-3.37.06-PM.png _________________________ UN General Asesembly Elects Next President plenglish.com | 2019-06-04 United Nations, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina) The UN General Assembly is electing on Tuesday its new president for its 74th session, which begins in September. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42763&SEO=un-general-asesembly-elects-next-president _________________________ The Countdown: Trump Regime's Census Ploys Will Promote Gerrymandering And Resource Diversion from Blacks and Latinos Marc Morial | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-04 Marc Morial. Photo: Facebook | | A leadership gap, inadequate funding and staffing and a deliberate campaign to intimidate immigrants and communities of color all make the 2020 Census among the most challenging in American history. | | This was my testimony last week before a special field hearing of the US House Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties regarding the upcoming Census. | | The hearing, entitled "Getting Counted: The Importance of the Census to State and Local Communities," was held at Queens Community College at the request of Congress Members Caroly... http://www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/justice/the-countdown-trump-regimes-census-ploys-will-promote http://www.blackstarnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/news-detail-page/public/field/image/MorialSmall.jpg _________________________ Monthly Review May 2019 unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-06-04 Europe Assange: The Globalists' revenge On May 1 in London, the courts sentenced Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to 50 weeks in prison. Assange was found guilty of violating a court order when he was released on bail seven years ago. On May 23, The US Department of Justice made new accusations against Assange. Among the ... https://uwidata.com/3783-monthly-review-may-2019/ _________________________ Washington Office on Latin America Gets Behind US Regime Change Agenda in Venezuela Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-06-04 WOLA's hawkish stance on Venezuela may seem surprising for a "human rights" organization, but it is less of a surprise for those familiar with WOLA's history. https://www.mintpressnews.com/washington-office-on-latin-america-gets-behind-us-regime-change-agenda-in-venezuela/258987/ _________________________ US Government for a New Discredit Campaign against Venezuela plenglish.com | 2019-06-04 04 de junio de 2019, 10: 20Caracas, June 4 (Prensa Latina) The United States Government is on Tuesday insisting on bringing Venezuela into disrepute through a new campaign so as to further alienate global public opinion regarding the harsh situation in the South American nation, the Venezuela Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza stated. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42773&SEO=us-government-for-a-new-discredit-campaign-against-venezuela _________________________ Argentina Protests Gender Violence, Demand Right to Abort telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-04 Four years after the first massive march took place in Argentina against femicide, women across the nation came together Monday to protest for the same cause. | RELATED: | Femicides in Argentina Total 1,193 Since Protest Marches Began in 2015 | Thousands of Argentine women took to the streets of Buenos Aires shouting their signature slogan, Ni Una Menos (not one less), against the country's epidemic of gender violence. | The Association of Women of the Latin American Ma... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Argentina-Protests-Gender-Violence-Demand-Right-to-Abort-20190604-0009.html _________________________ Bolivia and EU Favor Strengthening Integration and Cooperation plenglish.com | 2019-06-04 04 de junio de 2019, 09: 57La Paz, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of Bolivia and the European Union (EU) in this country agreed on the need to strengthen integration and cooperation to confront common problems and challenges. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42770&SEO=bolivia-and-eu-favor-strengthening-integration-and-cooperation _________________________ British Labor Leader Urges Solidarity with Trump's Victims plenglish.com | 2019-06-04 London, June 4 (Prensa Latina) The British Labor Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, urged on Monday to turn tomorrow's outcry against the US President Donald Trump into a stand of solidarity with those he has attacked. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42760&SEO=british-labor-leader-urges-solidarity-with-trumps-victims _________________________ China issues US travel warning over official harassment aljazeera.com | 2019-06-04 Tourism ministry also issues separate alert relating to gun violence and other crime in the United States. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/china-issues-travel-warning-official-harassment-190604091752923.html _________________________ China Issues Warning on Tourism Travels to US plenglish.com | 2019-06-04 Beijing, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina) The Government of China on Tuesday issued a warning to those who want to visit the United States, claiming security issues related to frequent shootings, assaults and robberies in public places in that country. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42765&SEO=china-issues-warning-on-tourism-travels-to-us _________________________ Trump Begins UK Trip by Calling London Mayor 'Stone Cold Loser' telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-03 U.S. President Donald Trump began his U.K. trip on Monday by firing off several insults towards the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, via his Twitter account. | RELATED: | Mexico, US Brace for Tariff Talks, Trump Doubles Down on Threat | "He is a stone cold loser who should focus on crime in London, not me," Trump tweeted about Khan. | "@SadiqKhan, who by all accounts has done a terrible job as Mayor of London, has been foolishly 'nasty' to the visiting President of the United State... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Begins-UK-Trip-by-Calling-London-Mayor-Stone-Cold-Loser-20190603-0003.html _________________________ US Troops Deployed in Guatemala to 'Halt Migration' telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-03 Guatemalan Defense Minister, Luis Miguel Ralda, confirmed on Monday that United States (U.S.) troops are already in the country, specifically in the Guatemala-Mexico border department of Huehuetenango. | RELATED: | Mexico: Tariffs Could Worsen Central American Migration | "The troops are already here, as has happened in the last 15 years, with programs such as 'Strong Roads' and now [with] the one that is being developed, 'Beyond the Horizon'," Ralda told reporters after a cabinet meet... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/US-Troops-Deployed-in-Guatemala-to-Halt-Migration-20190603-0015.html _________________________ Mexican workers on both sides of border pay the cost of immigration crackdown Fernando Herrera Calder—n | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-03 The crackdown on immigration at the southern border and the increase in deportations are taking a toll on Mexican workers in the United States and Mexico. While strict immigration policy is not a new phenomenon, Trump's hardline anti-immigration policies and incendiary rhetoric exacerbate the situation. With support from the conservative media, Trump has framed immigration ... https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/mexican-workers-on-both-sides-of-border-pay-the-cost-of-immigration-crackdown/ https://www.peoplesworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/climbborderfence960-340x190.jpg _________________________ Trump VS Mexico, EU leaders meet in Brussels, Sudan protests unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-06-03 Trump VS Mexico US President Donald Trump announced the introduction of 5% duties on all products from Mexico on Sunday, threatening to increase the number if the problem of illegal immigrantion continues. Mexican Deputy Foreign Minister Jesus Sead promised a "vigorous" response to the new duties on Thursday. On March 29, Trump threatened to close ... https://uwidata.com/3736-trump-vs-mexico-eu-leaders-meet-in-brussels-sudan-protests/ _________________________ Mexico's president vows to curb crime with social programmes aljazeera.com | 2019-06-03 How Mexico's president hopes to curb violence by investing in social programmes for the young. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/mexicos-president-vows-curb-crime-social-programmes-190603112312479.html _________________________ China's Rare Earth Trade Card Tom Clifford | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-03 Beijing. The United States sees the trade dispute it has with China as one of many. It's been down this road before, with Japan, Canada, Mexico and the European Union. China views it differently. In Beijing the trade issue is seen as a threat to its further development and a possible cause of instability. The... https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/06/03/chinas-rare-earth-trade-card/ _________________________ Trans Asylum-Seeker Dies after Being Denied Healthcare by ICE telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-03 Asylum-seeker Johana Medina Leon from El Salvador, died Saturday due to complications related to HIV/AIDS after spending six weeks at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in New Mexico, where she asked, in vain, repeatedly for treatment, according to her lawyer. | RELATED: | Record Number of Cubans in ICE Detention Centers | "For weeks she pleaded for medical help, referring to health problems caused by complications with HIV/AIDS," Grecia, a transgender advocate and... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Trans-Asylum-Seeker-Dies-after-Being-Denied-Healthcare-by-ICE-20190603-0012.html _________________________ Mexico President Announces Start of Work on $8 billion Refinery telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-03 Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has officially launched the US$8 billion construction of an oil refinery, affirming that the history of large-scale corruption scandal named Odebrecht won't repeat itself in this development project. | RELATED: | AMLO's Party to Score Major Victories in Governor Elections | "Zero intermediaries, zero traffic (of influences), zero bribes, zero of any of that," he said at the Inauguration Ceremony at Dos Bocas, adding that "I have asked u... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-President-Announces-Start-of-Work-on-8-billion-Refinery-20190603-0018.html _________________________ Mexican President Obrador urges friendship & dialogue with US under looming tariff threat rt.com | 2019-06-03 Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has been sending an optimistic vibe about upcoming talks in Washington to resolve issues related to immigration, just days after a rhetorical brawl with the US president. | ... https://www.rt.com/usa/460986-obrador-urges-friendship-tariff-threat/ https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.06/thumbnail/5cf55c32dda4c8c12c8b45b7.JPG _________________________ AMLO's Party to Score Major Victories in Governor Elections telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-03 Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO) political party, MORENA, is set to win the governorships in two state elections, scoring them their first major victories since AMLO took office. | RELATED: | Mexico, US Brace for Tariff Talks, Trump Doubles Down on Threat | The National Electoral Institute reported that MORENA candidate Luis Miguel Geronimo won 42.5% of votes with just over half of the ballots counted, comfortably ahead of his nearest rival. | MORENA was a... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/AMLOs-Party-to-Score-Major-Victories-in-Governor-Elections-20190603-0001.html _________________________ Beyond Nuclear Appeals Against Proposed National High-Level Radioactive Waste Dump Targeted at New Mexico commondreams.org | 2019-06-03 ______________________________... https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2019/06/03/beyond-nuclear-appeals-against-proposed-national-high-level-radioactive-waste?cd-origin=rss _________________________ Mexico: Tariffs Could Worsen Central American Migration telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-03 Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard warned on Monday that United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump's threat to impose punitive five percent tariffs on all Mexican goods would be "counterproductive" and could worsen overall migration from Central America. | RELATED: | Mexico, US Brace for Tariff Talks, Trump Doubles Down on Threat | Trump's tar... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Tariffs-Could-Worsen-Central-American-Migration-20190603-0014.html _________________________ Evo Morales : Popular Unity, a Responsibility with the Homeland plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 03 de junio de 2019, 00: 15La Paz, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) We need a nation not only united, but also brave and strong that guarantees the hope of future generations. We are responsible for the homeland, assured Bolivian President Evo Morales. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42707&SEO=evo-morales-popular-unity-a-responsibility-with-the-homeland _________________________ LGBTI Organization Joins Criticisms of Chilean President plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 03 de junio de 2019, 16: 46Santiago, Chile, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) The Equal Foundation (Fundacion Iguales) joined the wide range of organizations and political forces that have criticized Chilean President Sebastian Pi–era for its statements on his Public Account 2019. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42749&SEO=lgbti-organization-joins-criticisms-of-chilean-president _________________________ Evo Morales : Popular Unity, a Responsibility with the Homeland plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 La Paz, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) We need a nation not only united, but also brave and strong that guarantees the hope of future generations. We are responsible for the homeland, assured Bolivian President Evo Morales. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42707&SEO=evo-morales-popular-unity-a-responsibility-with-the-homeland _________________________ Free Lula Festival as a Chant for Freedom, Former President Says plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 Brasilia, June 3 (Prensa Latina) Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva believes that Free Lula Festival was much more than an act of solidarity to him, but a chant of freedom that was imprisoned in the throat of the Brazilian people. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42724&SEO=free-lula-festival-as-a-chant-for-freedom-former-president-says _________________________ Lack of Professionals in 'Mas Medicos' Endanger Health in Sao Paulo plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 03 de junio de 2019, 00: 20Brasilia, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) The lack of professionals in the Mas Medicos program threatens health care in the northwestern region of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, news portal G1 reported. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42708&SEO=lack-of-professionals-in-mas-medicos-endanger-health-in-sao-paulo _________________________ Bolivia Opposition Fails against Evo Morales plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 La Paz, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) Local media have reportedly stated that the Bolivian opposition is currently insisting on its attack against President Evo Morales" re-election for the October 20 general election. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42726&SEO=bolivia-opposition-fails-against-evo-morales _________________________ Lack of Professionals in 'Mas Medicos' Endanger Health in Sao Paulo plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 Brasilia, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) The lack of professionals in the Mas Medicos program threatens health care in the northwestern region of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, news portal G1 reported. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42708&SEO=lack-of-professionals-in-mas-medicos-endanger-health-in-sao-paulo _________________________ Uruguayan Prosecutor's Office against Crimes against Humanity plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 03 de junio de 2019, 12: 04Montevideo, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan Prosecutor"s Office for the Crime against Humanity has reaffirmed as the main legal guarantee that the dictatorship"s repressors here (1973-1985) will not escape the focus of justice. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42731&SEO=uruguayan-prosecutors-office-against-crimes-against-humanity _________________________ Academic Strike in Chile Reaches Wide Support plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 03 de junio de 2019, 16: 21Santiago de Chile, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina)The indefinite strike of primary and secondary school teachers in Chile, which began on Monday, has reached 80 percent of the support of those affiliated to the Chilean Teachers" Association. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42744&SEO=academic-strike-in-chile-reaches-wide-support _________________________ Bolivia Strengthens Comprehensive Fight against Violence plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 La Paz, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia is currently strengthening the comprehensive fight against violence towards children, adolescents and women through a new criminal procedural abbreviation law and protection measures for these people, said State Attorney General Juan Lanchipa. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42734&SEO=bolivia-strengthens-comprehensive-fight-against-violence _________________________ Iran, US Showing Off Power plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 Beirut, Jun 3 ( Prensa Latina ) Official sources have reportedly stated that Iran will deploy on Tuesday its most modern anti-aircraft system, while the United States is conducting drills with B-52H bombers and other war planes in what analysts estimate to be a dangerous show of power in the Middle East. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42711&SEO=iran-us-showing-off-power _________________________ US to Require Social Media Data from Visa Applicants plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 Washington, June 3 (Prensa Latina) Social sources have reportedly announced that US will ask most visa applicants for information about their social media, starting June 7. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42737&SEO=us-to-require-social-media-data-from-visa-applicants _________________________ Syria Wants Peace, Patriarch of Greek-Orthodox Church Says plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 Damascus, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian people want peace and despite pains and suffering, shakes off the dust of war, terrorism and extremism, Juan X Yazigi, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All East, stressed on Monday. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42717&SEO=syria-wants-peace-patriarch-of-greek-orthodox-church-says _________________________ Evo Morales Congratulates Raul Castro on his 88th Birthday plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 La Paz, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian President Evo Morales congratulated the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Raul Castro Ruz, on his 88th birthday and highlighted his leadership in the consolidation of the Cuban Revolution. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42743&SEO=evo-morales-congratulates-raul-castro-on-his-88th-birthday _________________________ Swedish Court Rules Out Arrest Warrant For Assange plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 Stockholm, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) A court in the Swedish city of Uppsala on Monday ruled out issuing an arrest warrant in absentia against the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, who is in serious health conditions in the British prison of Belmarsh. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42753&SEO=swedish-court-rules-out-arrest-warrant-for-assange _________________________ Cuban FM Advocates For Defending Peace in Latin America plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 Havana, June 3 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez advocated on Monday for defending peace and sovereignty of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean "ahead of having invoked the aggressive and dangerous Monroe Doctrine". http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42754&SEO=cuban-fm-advocates-for-defending-peace-in-latin-america _________________________ Chile's Professors Go on Indefinite Strike plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 Santiago de Chile, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) The Chilean Teachers" Association has begun an indefinite strike Monday in response to the position of the Ministry of Education (Mineduc), which rejected a series of requests from the union. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42729&SEO=chiles-professors-go-on-indefinite-strike _________________________ Bolivia Strengthens Comprehensive Fight against Violence plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 03 de junio de 2019, 13: 31La Paz, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia is currently strengthening the comprehensive fight against violence towards children, adolescents and women through a new criminal procedural abbreviation law and protection measures for these people, said State Attorney General Juan Lanchipa. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42734&SEO=bolivia-strengthens-comprehensive-fight-against-violence _________________________ Qatar Seeks Experience in Americas Cup plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 Doha, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) The national football team of Qatar will participate in the Americas Cup to get as much experience as possible, its trainer, the Spanish coach Felix Sanchez, told FIFA recently. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42741&SEO=qatar-seeks-experience-in-americas-cup _________________________ Uruguayan Prosecutor's Office against Crimes against Humanity plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 Montevideo, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan Prosecutor"s Office for the Crime against Humanity has reaffirmed as the main legal guarantee that the dictatorship"s repressors here (1973-1985) will not escape the focus of justice. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42731&SEO=uruguayan-prosecutors-office-against-crimes-against-humanity _________________________ Venezuela Faces Broad-Spectrum War, says Deputy Foreign Minister plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 Caracas, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) The media campaign Venezuela faces today is part of a broad-spectrum war strategy and scheme to fragment national institutions, assured Deputy Minister of Communications William Castillo. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42745&SEO=venezuela-faces-broad-spectrum-war-says-deputy-foreign-minister _________________________ Trudeau and Pence plot Canada's role in US imperialist aggression wsws.org | 2019-06-03 Trump's vice president has taken on an increasingly important role in articulating and implementing US imperialist aggression, especially against China and Venezuela. http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/03/penc-j03.html _________________________ Palestinian President's Office Strongly Condemns Escalating Violations Against Al-Aqsa IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-06-03 The office of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, issued a statement strongly denouncing the ongoing and escalating Israeli violations against the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, and the worshipers. President's spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rodeina, said the president and the government hold Israel accountable for this serious escalation, especially amidst ... https://imemc.org/article/palestinian-presidents-office-strongly-condemns-escalating-violations-against-al-aqsa/ https://imemc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sdlrzz32-300x242.jpg _________________________ Venezuela Moves Forward in Rectification, Renewal and Change Progress plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 Caracas, June 3 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuela Government is today betting on the path for rectification, renewal and change in policies and management forms, according to the call by the Venezuelan President, Nicol‡s Maduro. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42714&SEO=venezuela-moves-forward-in-rectification-renewal-and-change-progress _________________________ Disapproval of Chilean President's Management Increases plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 Santiago de Chile, June 3 (Prensa Latina) The level of disapproval to the management of Chilean President Sebasti‡n Pi–era reached 55 percent in the last week of May, the Cadem survey revealed today. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42739&SEO=disapproval-of-chilean-presidents-management-increases _________________________ Egypt Rejects US Proposed Deal for Palestine plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 Cairo, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has rejected the most recent rumors about the so-called Deal of the Century, which the United States is proposing to tackle the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42738&SEO=egypt-rejects-us-proposed-deal-for-palestine _________________________ China to Issue Licenses for 5G Commercial Use plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 Beijing, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) China said on Monday that it will soon issue licenses for commercial use of the 5G technology, whose launch is scheduled for October 1, on the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the country as a Republic. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42740&SEO=china-to-issue-licenses-for-5g-commercial-use _________________________ Cuba's Migrants in the US Address Violent Washington Policies plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 Washington, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) Members of Marti Alliance reportedly analyzed on Monday the US aggressive policies against Cuba and Venezuela. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42751&SEO=cubas-migrants-in-the-us-address-violent-washington-policies _________________________ Lavrov Reiterates Rejection to Aggression on Venezuela plenglish.com | 2019-06-03 Moscow, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) Russia reiterated its total rejection to foreign interference or aggression, including a military attack against Venezuela, and insisted on the need for an inclusive dialogue in the South American country. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42755&SEO=lavrov-reiterates-rejection-to-aggression-on-venezuela _________________________ 'Abuser of the US': Tough-talking Trump slams Mexico over mistreating America 'for decades' rt.com | 2019-06-02 US President Donald Trump did not mince his words when talking about Mexico, branding it nothing but an "abuser" that has been mistreating his country for decades by flooding the country with illegals, smugglers and drug cartels. | ... https://www.rt.com/usa/460889-donald-trump-mexico-remarks/ https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.06/thumbnail/5cf3d44bdda4c8bf078b45c2.JPG _________________________ 'Abuser of the US': Tough-talking Trump slams Mexico over mistreating America 'for decades' rt.com | 2019-06-02 US President Donald Trump did not mince his words when talking about Mexico, branding it nothing but an "abuser" that has been mistreating his country for decades by flooding the country with illegals, smugglers and drug cartels. | ... https://www.rt.com/usa/460889-donald-trump-mexico-remarks/ https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.06/thumbnail/5cf4ec61fc7e93422d8b45fe.jpg _________________________ Mexico, US Brace for Tariff Talks, Trump Doubles Down on Threat telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-02 Top Mexican and U.S. officials on Sunday prepared for crunch talks next week aimed at averting a major trade clash after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to impose punitive tariffs on all Mexican goods in an intensifying dispute over migration. | RELATED: | AMLO Sends Delegation to Washington, Expects 'Good Results' on Tariffs | Mexico's Economy Minister Graciela Marquez said on Sunday she would meet with U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in Washington on Monday, as the... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-US-Brace-for-Tariff-Talks-Trump-Doubles-Down-on-Threat-20190602-0009.html _________________________ Is the US president using tariffs as a political weapon?> aljazeera.com | 2019-06-02 Donald Trump threatens levies on Mexican goods if Mexico doesn't stop flow of undocumented migrants. https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2019/06/president-tariffs-political-weapon-190602204430085.html _________________________ "Public Charge" Raises Concerns About Poverty for Families Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-02 As anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric increase in the U.S., more immigrant families -- especially ones with at least a member who is undocumented -- are shying away from applying for any form of public benefits. With the Trump administration pushing rule changes to expand the definition of who is a "public charge" and ineligible for permanent residency, a mix of fact and rumor is pushing families away from accessing the help they need for stability -- and often when they are entitled to the support. | "I missed the opportunity of getting housing at one point," says Laura, a 35-year-old Boulder, C... https://truthout.org/articles/public-charge-raises-concerns-about-poverty-for-families/ https://truthout.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/HmondFresnoRoomPhoto-width818.jpg _________________________ Association of Democratic Lawyers Asks to Unfreeze Venezuelan Fund plenglish.com | 2019-06-02 Caracas, Jun 2 (Prensa Latina) The International Association of Democratic Lawyers is developing a campaign to demand the unfreezing of Venezuelan state capital from the Novo Banco de Portugal, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Sunday. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42698&SEO=association-of-democratic-lawyers-asks-to-unfreeze-venezuelan-fund _________________________ Chemical Lobby and Health Advocates Square Off on Bills Regulating Toxic Foam Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-02 Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, holds tremendous power in formulating legislation regarding the regulation of deadly per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Barrasso is the Senate's top recipient of cash from the chemical industry and has a... https://truthout.org/articles/chemical-lobby-and-health-advocates-square-off-on-bills-regulating-toxic-foam/ _________________________ Bolivia Seeks to Chair Commission at UN General Assembly plenglish.com | 2019-06-02 La Paz, Jun 2 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia has presented the candidacy of its United Nations Ambassador, Sacha Llorenti, to chair the First Committee of the General Assembly during its forthcoming 74th session, government sources confirmed on Sunday. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42696&SEO=bolivia-seeks-to-chair-commission-at-un-general-assembly _________________________ Guangdong is China's Gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean plenglish.com | 2019-06-02 Beijing, Jun 2 (Prensa Latina) The southern province of Guangdong consolidates as China"s gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean with a trade of 13,360 billion dollars so far in 2019, 10 percent more year-on-year. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42694&SEO=guangdong-is-chinas-gateway-to-latin-america-and-the-caribbean _________________________ Opposition Maneuvers against Elections in Bolivia plenglish.com | 2019-06-02 02 de junio de 2019, 12: 21La Paz, Jun 2 (Prensa Latina) The Speaker of the House of Representantives of Bolivia, Victor Borda, described on Sunday as incoherent and contradictory the attitude of the opposition that is carrying out manoeuvres inside and outside Bolivia to prevent the general elections of October from taking place. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42703&SEO=opposition-maneuvers-against-elections-in-bolivia _________________________ Trump's Mexican tariff threat hits global markets wsws.org | 2019-06-01 In pursuit of his political agenda, Trump has made clear he is prepared to resort to the unprecedented use of economic measures, with far-reaching international ramifications. http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/01/glob-j01.html _________________________ NSA targeting system now deployed along Mexican border, leaked docs reveal rt.com | 2019-05-31 A top-secret NSA targeting system which dramatically increased the civilian death toll in Afghanistan and Iraq has made its way back home, according to leaked documents boasting of its use on the US-Mexico border. | ... https://www.rt.com/usa/460737-nsa-surveillance-casualties-deployed-mexico/ https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.05/thumbnail/5cf0b6e8dda4c81c3f8b4608.JPG _________________________ Headlines for May 31, 2019 MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-05-31 Trump Threatens Tariffs on Mexican Goods in Bid to Halt Migrants, Trump Administration Plan Would Bar Most Central Americans from Seeking Asylum, Louisiana Governor Signs Anti-Choice Bill as Missouri's Last Abortion Clinic Is Set to Close, GOP Gerrymandering Expert Led Push to Add Citizenship Question to Census, Civilians Flee Russian-Backed Syrian Assault on Last Rebel-Held Province, North Korea Executes Special Envoy to the U.S. After Failed Trump Summit, Colombia Releases Ex-Guerrilla Leader Wanted by the U.S. on Drug Charges, U.S. Drug Agency Targeted Honduran President in Cocaine Trafficking Probe, Hondurans... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/5/31/headlines _________________________ Reclaim Our Power or Face Extinction: The Choice is Ours Dr. Paris Williams | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-31 Do you find yourself unable to nod off to the sweet bliss of ignorance or denial when contemplating the catastrophic state of the world? Do you find yourself feeling deeply concerned about the enormous harm occurring to humans, our fellow Earthlings and this beautiful planet, our home? Do you find yourself feeling deeply concerned about ... https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/reclaim-our-power-or-face-extinction-the-choice-is-ours/ _________________________ Call to Refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-05-31 Fight Back News Service is circulating the following call to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | We issue this Call in a sense of outrage in the face of increasing racist violence and political repression towards working class and Black and Brown communities. | We are currently facing a national epidemic of state-sponsored violence perpetrated by police and vigilantes targeting the oppressed Black, Latinx, immigrant, indigenous, LGBTQ, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and gender fluid communities. Black Trans women are also being harassed and killed at record rates. | We are... http://www.fightbacknews.org/2019/5/30/call-refound-national-alliance-against-racist-and-political-repression _________________________ Call to Refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-05-31 Fight Back News Service is circulating the following call to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | We issue this Call in a sense of outrage in the face of increasing racist violence and political repression towards working class and Black and Brown communities. | We are currently facing a national epidemic of state-sponsored violence perpetrated by police and vigilantes targeting the oppressed Black, Latinx, immigrant, indigenous, LGBTQ, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and gender fluid communities. Black Trans women are also being harassed and killed at record rates. | We are... https://www.fightbacknews.org/2019/5/30/call-refound-national-alliance-against-racist-and-political-repression _________________________ Modi's Escalating War Against India's Forests and Tribal People Jonathan Mazower | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-31 The result of the biggest election in history, India 2019, is terrible news for tribal peoples in the world's biggest democracy. Politicians with authoritarian nationalist inclinations like India's newly invigorated Narendra Modi are in vogue around the world, and while many minority groups are feeling the impact of this surge to the right, the past... https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/05/31/modis-escalating-war-against-indias-forests-and-tribal-people/ https://www.counterpunch.org/wp-content/dropzone/2019/05/ind-bai-fl-2016-05_original.jpeg _________________________ Headlines for May 30, 2019 MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-05-30 Robert Mueller Says His Report Did Not Exonerate President Trump, Mueller's Public Remarks Stoke Calls for Trump's Impeachment, Israeli Knesset Dissolved as PM Netanyahu Fails to Form Ruling Coalition, Without Evidence, John Bolton Blames Iran for Oil Tanker Sabotage, Louisiana Lawmakers Approve Ban on Most Abortions, Disney May Halt Filming in Georgia If State Abortion Ban Takes Effect, Latin American Rape Survivors Who Were Denied Abortions Appeal to U.N., Argentines Hold One-Day Strike Against IMF-Imposed Austerity, Argentine Lawmakers Consider Bill to Decriminalize Abortion, Honduran Protesters Mobilize Again... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/5/30/headlines _________________________ I gave water to migrants crossing the Arizona desert. They charged me with a felony amnesty.org | 2019-05-29 After a dangerous journey across Mexico and a difficult crossing through the Arizona desert, someone told Jose and Kristian that they might find water and food at a place in Ajo called the Barn. The Barn is a gathering place for humanitarian volunteers like me, and there the two young men were able to eat, rest and get medical attention. As the two were preparing to leave, the Border Patrol arrested them. Agents also handcuffed and arrested me, for -- in the agency's words -- having provided the two migrants with "food, water, clean clothes and beds." https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2019/05/i-gave-water-to-migrants-crossing-the-arizona-desert-and-they-charged-me-with-a-felony/ _________________________ Mission Creep: How the NSA's Game-Changing Targeting System Built for Iraq and Afghanistan Ended Up on the Mexico Border Henrik Moltke | theintercept.com | 2019-05-29 The revolutionary NSA system merged different sources of electronic surveillance to rapidly map enemy fighters. The ramifications are still being felt. https://theintercept.com/2019/05/29/nsa-data-afghanistan-iraq-mexico-border/ https://prod01-cdn07.cdn.firstlook.org/wp-uploads/sites/1/2019/05/gif-animation-01-zoom-in-1557955849-1024x489.gif _________________________ Six Children Have Died While in ICE Custody -- Why? Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-05-29 Undocumented immigrants seeking asylum are being separated from their children and detained in prison camps as more restrictive racist policies are being imposed by Trump. We discuss the policy with the Border Rights Center Director of ACLU Texas, Astrid Dominguez... https://therealnews.com/stories/six-children-have-died-while-in-ice-custody-why https://therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DLY052819_dominguez_immigration-150x150.jpg _________________________ Scott Warren Provided Food & Water to Migrants in Arizona; He Now Faces Up to 20 Years in Prison MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-05-29 An Arizona humanitarian aid volunteer goes to trial today for providing water, food, clean clothes and beds to two undocumented migrants crossing the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona. If convicted, Scott Warren could spend up to 20 years in prison. Warren, an activist with the Tucson-based No More Deaths, is charged with three felony counts of allegedly "harboring" undocumented immigrants. For years, No More Deaths and other humanitarian aid groups in southern Arizona have left water and food in the harsh Sonoran Desert, where the temperature often reaches three digits during summer, to help refugees and migran... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/5/29/scott_warren_provided_food_water_to https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/84/47684/w320/SEG3-Scott-Solidarity-Split.jpg _________________________ Communist Party of Greece makes gains in elections Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-05-29 Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). | KKE emerges as a consistent force of resistance | On May 26th triple elections were held in Greece -- European Parliament, regional and municipal elections. | KKE succeeded in re-electing the two Parliament Members that it had in the European Parliament, amassing 257,360 votes or 5.5% (with 83% percentage of integration). | Moreover, the ballots of the People's Rally passed into the 2nd round in the 5 Municipalities which had communist mayors, while in the regions and municipalities overall, "Peopl... http://www.fightbacknews.org/2019/5/29/communist-party-greece-makes-gains-elections _________________________ In Charging Assange With 17 Espionage Act Offenses, Prosecutors Claim Power To Decide Who Is And Is Not A Journalist Kevin Gosztola | shadowproof.com | 2019-05-24 To listen to the story, click the above player. In a superseding indictment, the Justice Department charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 17 charges of violating the Espionage Act. The Justice Department has relied upon the Espionage Act to target whistleblowers for unauthorized disclosures of information. It has treated journalists... https://shadowproof.com/2019/05/23/julian-assange-prosecutors-17-espionage-act-violations/ _________________________ Daniel Ellsberg: Espionage Charges Against Assange Are Most Significant Attack on Press in Decades MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-05-24 As the Justice Department charges WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act, we speak to Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. In 1971, he was charged with violating the Espionage Act for leaking a top-secret report on U.S. involvement in Vietnam to The New York Times and other publications. At the time, Ellsberg faced over 100 years in prison. He tells Democracy Now!, "There hasn't actually been such a significant attack on the freedom of the press ... since my case in 1971." http://www.democracynow.org/2019/5/24/daniel_ellsberg_espionage_charges_against_assange https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/31/47631/w320/SEG2-Ellsberg.jpg _________________________ UNM faculty union drive scores victories, administration stalls and hires union-busting law firm David Myers | liberationnews.org | 2019-05-17 Professors at University of New Mexico fight for a union. https://www.liberationnews.org/unm-faculty-union-drive-scores-victories-administration-stalls-and-hires-union-busting-law-firm/ https://www.liberationnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/unm-wolf-statue-lawn-300x225.jpg _________________________ Trump is lying about immigrant crime -- and the research proves it splcenter.org | 2019-05-17 Since he began campaigning, President Trump has demonized Latino immigrants as "criminals." He has called them "rapists," drug dealers, "animals" and "bad hombres" who "infest our country." https://www.splcenter.org/news/2019/05/17/trump-lying-about-immigrant-crime-and-research-proves-it -- Last Process: 350 Postees: 2019-06-15 15:51 GMT (11:52 EST)